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NAME
lgwr - Log Writer background process; writes redo log
entries to disk
SYNOPSIS
lgwr
DESCRIPTION
The Log Writer or lgwr background process, described in the
ORACLE Database Administrator's Guide, allows you to write
redo log entries to disk. It is the only process to write
to the log files, and it writes asynchronously. When noti-
fied, the Log Writer writes any modified redo buffers to
disk (whether committed or non-committed). It can be noti-
fied whenever a commit is requested, when the dbwr needs to
clean the buffer blocks, or when the redo log buffer is
full.
FILES
Redo log files are written to disk.
SEE ALSO
ORACLE Installation and User's Guide for your operating sys-
tem; ORACLE Database Administrator's Guide
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