Well, I cannot send you an entire script, but if you go into SQL*Plus, you can use: sqlplus -S '/ as sysdba' <<-ENDSQL spool files2backup.txt select name from v\$datafile; select name from v\$controlfile; select member from v\$logfile; select name from v\$tempfile; spool off exit ENDSQL to get the files. Then use a while loop to copy each file to a particular location: cat files2backup.txt | while read line ; do cp $line /var/opt/backup done Tom --- "J. Dex" <cemail_219@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does anyone have a cold backup script for 9i that they would be willing to > send to me that is in > Korn shell and copies files/backups to disk and then compresses the files? > I just need something that can be quickly setup and run a couple of times. > I would really appreciate it. The OS is AIX. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l