Cigi, Go ahead that's the way to work, If you have the backup you can delete the archive logs. Nisar Tareen cigi lonappan <cigilonappan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: hi all i have a oracle 9i database running in rehat linux it is in archive mode and archive files are send to /home/arc folder.now the problem is day by day folder size is getting increased as log file numbers is increasing .my doubt is after taking back up using rman,or using exp/imp can i delete archive log files physically so as to keep arc folder size in limits. is it affect the database working. kindly advise thanks in advance cigi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT document.write(''); --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dba_gurus/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dba_gurus-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.