question on archived logs

I have a backup script that does online
backup and backs up archived logs

Before doing a backup on archived logs,
the script does

step 1. "alter system switch logfile"

            to flush current online logfile.

step 2. "alter system archive log all"

            to archive  logfiles that are full
            but not yet archived.

step 3. Does a backup of archived logfiles

i want to know Is step 2 required in the script?

Thanks in advance       Received on Wed Mar 08 2000 - 00:00:00 CST