DESCRIPTION
    This operation helps to archive the patches stored under 
    ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage to custom storage location.
    NOTE: Patch directories in .patch_storage will be used during
    rollback operation.


SYNTAX
opatch util archive [-patches  <List of Patch ids with comma separated>]
			[-archive_dir <path to store the archive files>]
                

OPTIONS

       -patches
              A comma separated list of patches to be given for 
              archive.

       -archive_dir
              Specify custom storage path to store the patches 
              which are going to be archived.
              
		NOTE: All options are mandatory.  

RECOMMENDATION :
  To archive patches, opatch recommends the following 
    1. Archiving inactive patches : 
        Run the following command to get inactive patches :  "OPatch/opatch lsinv -inactive" 
		
Example
	opatch util archive -patches 123456,1122334 -archive_dir /dir1/dir2/		            
