Why reading the registry? You could just use %ORACLE_HOME% system variable in your script. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Koroluck Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:27 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: backup script Hi ALL! I'm writing Oracle (on NT) backup script using DOS scripting. Script must read location of the ORACLE_HOME from the registry. Any ideas? Regards, Greg --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l