Need to restore database to last week

Hi,
I am running 10g on Linux, and last week someone messed up a database and it needs to be restored to 27 December.
I am not a DBA, out regular DBA is on vacation till mid January, I have been tasked with this because I am the next most knowledgeable person (which is not much!).
I know we have archivelog on (I can see .arc files for the database), and I also have a backup of the actual data files and control files from when the database was first created. So in other words, I have all archive files and the initial data files.
What i do not know is how to set the restore till December 27. If someone could help, that would be appreciated.
PS, I know the DBA uses RMAN too, so maybe that can be used for this?
Thanks.

user8973806 wrote:
So would I need to use RMAN then, and I cannot do it using just sqlplus?
Do you know of an example in some blog or something where something similar is done?
Please note, I am not using any tape drives, I will be copying the original datafiles to the box and so how will RMAN know where the original files are?
Sorry, I am not a DBA, and I have never used RMAN, and so I just need some assistance that is a bit more concise - reading all the manuals is not really feasible, I need some example that is similar to the problem I am encountering.
Thanks.Probably your best course of action would be to open an SR with Oracle Support and get them to help walk you through the process. There are a lot of details to be worked out and you don't want to dig your hole any deeper. The very first thing you want to do is shut down the database and copy all data files, all control files, all init and spfile to a safe location. To get a list of data files and control files
sql> select file_name from dba_data_files;
sql> show parameter controlThis will at least allow you to get back to where you are now if something should go wrong.

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