Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference

Name

HOST

Synopsis

Initiates an O/S shell whereby O/S commands can be executed.

Syntax

HOST [{' | "}command{' | "}];

Examples

Use HOST by itself to get to an O/S shell prompt. Exiting the shell returns control to the RMAN session.

RMAN> host;
$> ls -lt
...
$> exit
RMAN>

The following example passes a command as a parameter in order to execute that command and return directly to RMAN:

RMAN> host 'ls -lt';

total 2
-rwx------ 1 oracle dba 186 Jul 2 20:17 full_bck.ksh
host command complete

RMAN>