Couple of things spring to mind;

- try show=y (see docs for more info, imp/exp are in the Utilities
manual IIRC)

- ensure it is not a direct path export as I believe these are not portable

- try copying the file back to the original system and use imp with
show=y to see if it is readable there (if you have a broken dump file
then no amount of magic will fix it)

KJP

jukia wrote:
> I am trying to import a dmp file from Unix to Windows. The file is
> sized 1.6 gb. I have installed Oracle 8i (8.1.7) on Windows 2000. The
> Oracle Home directory is d:\oracle\ora81.
>
> I would like to:
> - view the contents of the dmp file so I can see the table names /
> schema
> - import the dmp file into my Oracle db on my Windows 2000 server.
> I have tried both the OEM Import Wizard and the command line IMP
> utility but both are failing.
>
> When attempting to read the .dmp file using the Import Wizard in
> Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) I get an error:
> "couldn't open "c:/winnt/temp/2824144632.log": no such file or
> directory". This error also appears when I try to do an export.
>
> I found a post which suggested creating a file called 'null.tcl' in
> the \network\agent\tcl directory, but I think this fix was for an
> earlier version of Oracle as this file already existed in my
> ORACLE_HOME directory.
>
> Additionally, if I try to import the file using the IMP command line
> utility, I get an error saying 'abnormal end of export file'. I have
> increased the buffer size & I'm verifying now that the file was FTP'd
> in binary mode. The import rows option is turned off.
>
> I hope someone can provide some pointers/tips to help me.
>
> Thank you in advance.