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Backup file format

Hi there folks.

I've been given the task of looking at the disk format (on Windows)
for oracle backups. We need this format to write a porting tool of
sorts.

Can anyone point me in the direction of this information (if it
exsits).

Thanks very much.

Peter Nunn
Jul 19 '05 #1
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