FLAT file to Database load

Hi All,
we have been using OWB 10.2.0.3 version from past 6 months till now we are loading database to database.
Data base version : 10.2.
OWB version : 10.2.0.3
Server operating system : Sun Solaries (10)
Client operating system : Windows Xp.
I would like to share some information to u and all.
i have installed owb10gr2 on personal PC it has windows Xp operating system. i have one simple mapping for FLAT file.
Steps handled by me to populate data flat file to Database.
i have created one folder in C drive then i have created directory and i gave privilages to access that folder.
i have created external table for flat file manually.
after that i imported external table to mapp target table. it's working fine and data also loading.
i am still getting confuse Flat file handling with SUN SOLARIES OPERATING SYSTEM
How do we handle flat file in UNIX environment.
How create directory and how to give access privilages.
how to create EXTERNAL table with OWB.
Could u please help me
Regards.
venkat.

Hi,
i have logged in sys and i created directory then gave privilages to 'c:\test_file'.... test_file is folder name which i created folder in windows PC. server is SUNSOLARIS.
in OWB i have created table based on that file with delimited. below mentioned column names and values.
no     name     sal     coom
100     aa     10000     1000
200     bb     20000     2000
300     cc     30000     3000
400     dd     40000     4000
after that i have created external table under source module and then deployed that table in database table has created sucessfully but while using select statement it's showing error.
ex: select * from table ( error)
ORA-29913 error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400 data cartridge error
KUP-04040 file abc.csv in test_v_s_loc not found
ORA-06512 at "sys.ORACLE_LOADER",line 19
i have done/given privilages like below
create or replace directory sample_owb as 'C:\test_file'
grant read,write on directory sample_owb to ods_inb_stg
what is the cause and how to handle and resolve. could u please help me.
regards,
venkat.

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