Working with the Control Files

Could there ever be a competent newbe question? Oh well

My question is this when working with control files I understand that I must use the alter database command to create a human readable text file. But would it be possible to just copy the file from one directory to another? Oh and would I need to do this durning system maintenance or could I copy the file at anytime.

Thanks in advance Received on Wed Oct 04 2000 - 21:27:25 CDT