On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Sam Bootsma <sbootsma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > format '/san2/orabackup/AAA/CTRL_%d_%T_%p_%s%t'; > > The same lines for our BBB database looks like: > > format '/san2/orabackup/BBB/CTRL_%d_%T_%p_%s%t'; > > > Try using 'here' documents: ------- MY_FORMAT='BBB' $ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman checksyntax << EOF run { allocate channel ch1 type disk; backup database format '/backup/oracle/$MY_FORMAT/DBF_%d_%T_%p_%s%t'; } EOF ----------- -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist