USER_DUMP_DEST

Property	Description
Parameter type	String
Syntax	`USER_DUMP_DEST = {` `pathname` `\|` `directory` `}`
Default value	Operating system-dependent
Modifiable	`ALTER SYSTEM`
Range of values	Any valid local path, directory, or disk

USER_DUMP_DEST specifies the pathname for a directory where the server will write debugging trace files on behalf of a user process.

For example, this directory might be set as follows:

On MS-DOS: C:\ORACLE\UTRC
On UNIX: /oracle/utrc
On VMS: DISK$UR3:[ORACLE.UTRC]

Note:

This parameter is ignored by the new diagnosability infrastructure introduced in Oracle Database 11g Release 1, which places trace and core files in a location controlled by the DIAGNOSTIC_DEST initialization parameter.