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naming of opatch distribution files

edited May 19, 2019 8:30AM in Database Install/Upgrade/Opatch (MOSC) 1 comment

I think Oracle has taken a wrong turn when it comes to naming opatch distribution files.  They used to be named in the format:

p6880880_nnnnnnn_Linux-x86-64.zip

where 'nnnnnnn' was the actual opatch version number, like 1220113 (12,2,0.1.13)

Now the last two files I've downloaded have the same name:

p6880880_180000_Linux-x86-64.zip

Only by drilling down and opening the included 'version.txt' file do I see that one is for OPATCH_VERSION:12.2.0.1.16 and the other is for OPATCH_VERSION:12.2.0.1.13

This causes no end of confusion when trying to find the correct file, or even to determine if I have already downloaded the "latest".  I've resorted to creating another directory under my 'patches' directory, with this new directory named to indicate the actual version of opatch, then placing the actual downloaded zip file under that.

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