Import data from 10g to oracle 9i

hi,
how can i import data fom 10g to 9i R2?

Follow this thread :
exp/imp between 10g and 9i
Essentially, you must
1. Install a 9i server or administrative client environment.
2. Configure SQLNet connectivity (tnsnames.ora) to the 10g database.
3. Run exp from the 9i environment, connected to the 10g database.
4. Create a 9i export dump file.
5. Import this into your 9i target database.
If you have different charactersets, you must be mindful of the setting of NLS_LANG in the environment that you run "exp" and "imp" in.

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