V$CONTROLFILE

Oracle 11gR1

V$CONTROLFILE displays the names of the control files.

Column	Datatype	Description
STATUS	VARCHAR2(7)	INVALID if the name cannot be determined (which should not occur); NULL if the name can be determined
NAME	VARCHAR2(513)	Name of the control file
IS_RECOVERY_DEST_FILE	VARCHAR2(3)	Indicates whether the file was created in the flash recovery area (YES) or not (NO)
BLOCK_SIZE	NUMBER	Control file block size
FILE_SIZE_BLKS	NUMBER	Control file size (in blocks)

Oracle dynamic performance views