Within RMAN, just use DELETE NOPROMPT OBSOLETE; -- *----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----* Stephen T. Murphy Manager, Database and Technical Support ITS - University Applications Development MSC-100 The University at Albany, S.U.N.Y. Albany, New York 12222 Phone: (518) 437-4523 Fax: (518) 437-4540 MailTo: SMurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM: SMurphy199 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Jones Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:48 AM To: joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: rman question You can use "expect" to do this. Have a look at the man page. Cheers, Phil On 12/10/05, Joe Smith <joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any way to force rman to delete files within a rman script? > > My shell script does a > > rman <<EOF > connect target > report obsolete; > EOF > > But, as you know to do a delete obsolete a "YES" needs to be passed to rman. > Has anybody ever done this within a rman script? > > thanks. > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l