Oracle Message ORA-00233 - copy control file is corrupt or unreadable

ERRORcopy control file is corrupt or unreadable
CAUSEThe specified copy control file was found to be corrupt or unreadable during an invocation of cfileUseCopy.
ACTIONBefore retrying cfileUseCopy, use the ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE command and specify the same filename that was specified for cfileUseCopy.