File Header Dump

To dump all the datafile headers use

    ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS 'immediate trace name file_hdrs level level';

Levels (circa Oracle 8.1.5) are:

Level Description
1 Dump datafile entry from control file
2 Level 1 + generic file header
3 Level 2 + datafile header
10 Same as level 3

In later versions, level 7 appears to generate additional trace.

The following ORADEBUG command has the same effect:

    ORADEBUG DUMP FILE_HDRS level