Hi,

I backup the controlfile to trace in order to modify the output but the result file is binary and not ASCII.
Any help how to obtain the output as a ASCII file?

I run those commands:
sql> connect internal/oracle
connected
sql>alter database backup controlfile to trace;
or
sql>alter database backup controlfile to 'C:\trace.trc';

DB=Oracle 8.1.7
OS:Win2000

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