List - Kind of a dumb question, but Oracle used to include a cold backup script with each release. It used dbshut and dbstart to start and stop the database and queried the database to get a list of data files. Does that strike a memory with anyone? I'm just having a brain stall. Thanks. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------