No, there isn't. Paul Baumgartel CREDIT SUISSE Information Technology DBA & Admin - NY, KIGA 1 11 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA Phone 212.538.1143 paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.credit-suisse.com -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Harvinder Singh Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:40 AM To: oracle-l Subject: parameter to overwrite dump file when using expdp Hi, When running expdp if the dumpfile already exists we get the following error: ORA-39001: invalid argument value ORA-39000: bad dump file specification ORA-31641: unable to create dump file "/space/backup/hs.dmp" ORA-27038: created file already exists Additional information: 1 Is there any way to force overwrite the existing dump file? Thanks --Harvinder -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l