I am trying to build a parameter file for RMAN. I can't get the format of the syntax correct. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this? echo "backup database plus archivelog delete input " >> ${PAR_FILE} echo " format '${DMP_DIR}/%d_t%t_s%s_p%p.bak' " >> ${PAR_FILE} echo " tag = '${ORACLE_SID}_${TIMESTAMP}' " >> ${PAR_FILE} echo " setsize= 2097160192; " >> ${PAR_FILE} echo "delete noprompt force obsolete; " >> ${PAR_FILE} echo "} " Thanks! Ron Important Notice!! If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, any use, distribution or copying of the message is prohibited. Please let me know immediately by return e-mail if you have received this message by mistake, then delete the e-mail message. Thank you. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l