Hot backup script

Use this script to prepare the required hot backup scripts

prompt alter system switch logfile;;
DECLARE
CURSOR cur_tablespace IS
SELECT tablespace_name
FROM dba_tablespaces;
CURSOR cur_datafile (tn VARCHAR) IS
SELECT file_name
FROM dba_data_files
WHERE tablespace_name = tn;
BEGIN
FOR ct IN cur_tablespace LOOP
dbms_output.put_line ('alter tablespace '||ct.tablespace_name||
' begin backup;');
FOR cd IN cur_datafile (ct.tablespace_name) LOOP
dbms_output.put_line ('host cp '||cd.file_name||' &dir');
END LOOP;
dbms_output.put_line ('alter tablespace '||ct.tablespace_name||
' end backup;');
END LOOP;
END;
/