Archived redo logs

Hi everyone,

I have a small question about archived redo logs, with (I hope :-) a simple answer.

Given a database in ARCHIVELOG mode. The archived log files are written to /oracle_arch.

Is it safe to assume that *every* file in that directory is complete and not being written to by Oracle?

The reason I ask is because in our current setup all files in that directory are backed up and deleted, *except* for the most current file. The reasoning for this is that the most current file might still be written to. I'm not sure this reasoning is correct.

Thanks,

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Jurjen Oskam

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