Database Software

Good day all,

I have been looking at the -logfile switch when invoking dgmgrl to log out the output of some commands.

I want to try and log out things like show config and show database to be mailed to our help desk to allow them to monitor that the standby db is working.

Every time I invoke dgmgrl -logfile <File Name> I can't find the file it should be creating.

I have read the documentation and it does not say that the logfile is put in a different location but it does infer that you need an observer and the -logfile switch (command line switch not redo log switch) can only be used when logging onto an observer.

Is this true?

Is the only way to log these commands to use an external command like script?

Thanks

Steve