Default: DATA_PUMP_DIR
Purpose
Specifies the default location to which Export can write the dump file set and the log file.
Syntax and Description
DIRECTORY=directory_object
The directory_object is the name of a database directory object (not the file path of an actual directory). Upon installation, privileged users have access to a default directory object named DATA_PUMP_DIR. Users with access to the default DATA_PUMP_DIR directory object do not need to use the DIRECTORY parameter at all.
A directory object specified on the DUMPFILE or LOGFILE parameter overrides any directory object that you specify for the DIRECTORY parameter.
Example
The following is an example of using the DIRECTORY parameter:
> expdp hr DIRECTORY=dpump_dir1 DUMPFILE=employees.dmp CONTENT=METADATA_ONLY
The dump file, employees.dmp, will be written to the path that is associated with the directory object dpump_dir1.
"Default Locations for Dump_ Log_ and SQL Files" for more information about default directory objects and the order of precedence Data Pump uses to determine a file's location
Oracle Database SQL Language Reference for information about the CREATE DIRECTORY command