Impdp is referencing wrong dmpdir and I cannot figure out why

Hi. So, here are the facts in my Oracle 11g database:
Oracle considers /u03/admin/orcl/dpdump to be the datapump dir:
SQL> select directory_path from dba_directories where directory_name = 'DATA_PUMP_DIR';
DIRECTORY_PATH
/u03/admin/orcl/dpdump
The oracle user has DPUMP_DIR set to that directory as well:
$ env
DPUMP_DIR=/u03/admin/orcl/dpdump
And in my parfile I have:
$ cat impdp2.par
directory=DPUMP_DIR
Yet, when I try to execute impdp I get this:
$ impdp ww_qa/ww_qa@orcl parfile=impdp2.par
Import: Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tue Apr 19 10:42:26 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
ORA-39001: invalid argument value
ORA-39000: bad dump file specification
ORA-31640: unable to open dump file "/u01/admin/orcl/dpdump/expdp_WMSBRDAC_March31_2011.dmp" for read
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3
Why is it looking in the wrong directory like that?

It looks like you are expecting your PAR file to interpret and replace environment variables with their actual values.
Two things. One I'm not sure if the parameter files are interpreted that way (haven't tested, never had a need). Secondly, the DIRECTORY parameter needs an Oracle directory object; In this case you'd provide DATA_PUMP_DIR.
Read up on the DIRECTORY parameter in the Utilities guide for your version at http://tahiti.oracle.com
JasonSenior wrote:
Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
ORA-39001: invalid argument value
ORA-39000: bad dump file specificationThe error message even states that you have a bad specification.

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