If you do not want to be prompted, you can use noprompt. RMAN> delete noprompt obsolete; I am not sure I answered the question. HTH - Mayen "Sweetser, Joe" <JSweetser@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Mar 24 2010 03:11 PM Please respond to JSweetser@xxxxxxxx To joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx, oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject RE: Rman user response Isn’t prompting for an answer the default? I must be missing something. Should be relatively easy to handle a question/answer “up front” if you can wrap it in a shell script. -joe 10.2.0.2 RMAN> delete obsolete; RMAN retention policy will be applied to the command RMAN retention policy is set to redundancy 1 using channel ORA_DISK_1 <snip> Backup Set 3078673 24-MAR-10 Backup Piece 3078723 24-MAR-10 /u04/oradata/backup/iad1/rman/daily/data/iad1_fgl9b60m_1_1 Backup Set 3078674 24-MAR-10 Backup Piece 3078724 24-MAR-10 /u04/oradata/backup/iad1/rman/daily/data/iad1_fhl9b61h_1_1 Do you really want to delete the above objects (enter YES or NO)? From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Smith Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:58 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Rman user response Is it possible in RMAN 10g session to ask a question and get the user response? I want to run the command: Rman>delete obsolete; Then have the user be asked a question like: Do you want to delete the obsolete backupsets? Have the user supply Yes or No and the script continue. I see in 11g you can use substitution variables, but not 10g? Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. Sign up now.