Hi: Found this script in Scripts section. Tried it. Happy with the response but unable to figure out a few things..

-- Create Script to backup actual files to a directory
select 'alter tablespace '|| tablespace_name||' begin backup;' c1,
'host cp '||file_name||' &HOT_BACK_DIR' || '/' ||
substr(file_name,instr(rtrim(file_name),'/',-1,1)+1,length(rtrim(file_name)))||
'.bak' c2,
'host compress -f '|| ' &HOT_BACK_DIR' || '/' ||
substr(file_name,instr(rtrim(file_name),'/',-1,1)+1,length(rtrim(file_name)))||
'.bak' c3
from dsc_hot_stage
union
select 'alter tablespace '|| tablespace_name||' end backup;' c1,
null, null
from dsc_hot_stage
group by tablespace_name,file_name order by 1;

Thanks, ST2000