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Backup filenames and backup types

edited Jan 23, 2013 8:18AM in Database Backup and Recovery (MOSC) 24 commentsAnswered ✓
Is there a way to tell what type of backup it is by just the file name?

I have a directory where all my backup files are and I don't kow which ones to use for restore since I know some are full backups, some incremental level 0, and some differential level 1 backups. Is there a way to tell?

Here are some examples:

-rw-r-----    1 oracle   dba       297289216 Jan 18 13:59 o1_mf_annnn_TAG20130118T135917_8hm6w5tb_.bkp
-rw-r-----    1 oracle   dba       712884224 Jan 18 13:59 o1_mf_nnndf_TAG20130118T135920_8hm6w93h_.bkp
-rw-r-----    1 oracle   dba         7798784 Jan 18 13:59 o1_mf_ncsnf_TAG20130118T135920_8hm6wk9l_.bkp

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