PL/SQL package using utl_file.fopen gets invalid_path error

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create or replace package body TEST_UTL_FILE is
-- Purpose : Sample package that uses UTL_FILE procedure(s)
-- ===========================================================================================================
-- Process Request
-- ===========================================================================================================
procedure Process_Request is
-- Local Variable(s)
v_file_id sys.UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
v_buffer varchar2(32767);
begin
v_file_id := sys.utl_file.FOPEN('D:\Oracle\XMLFiles',
'Sample1.xml',
'R');
sys.utl_file.GET_LINE(v_file_id, v_buffer);
return;
exception
-- Error number -29280
WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_PATH THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'invalid_path');
-- Error number -29281
WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_MODE THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'invalid_mode');
-- Error number -29282
WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_FILEHANDLE THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'invalid_filehandle');
-- Error number -29283
WHEN UTL_FILE.INVALID_OPERATION THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'invalid_operation');
-- Error number -29284
WHEN UTL_FILE.READ_ERROR THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'read_error');
-- Error number -29285
WHEN UTL_FILE.WRITE_ERROR THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'write_error');
-- Error number -29286
WHEN UTL_FILE.INTERNAL_ERROR THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'internal_error');
-- Error number -29287
WHEN UTL_FILE.invalid_maxlinesize THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'invalid_maxlinesize');
-- Error number -29288
WHEN UTL_FILE.invalid_filename THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'invalid_filename');
-- Error number -29289
WHEN UTL_FILE.access_denied THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'access_denied');
-- Error number -29290
WHEN UTL_FILE.invalid_offset THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'invalid_offset');
-- Error number -29291
WHEN UTL_FILE.delete_failed THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'delete_failed');
-- Error number -29292
WHEN UTL_FILE.rename_failed THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'rename_failed');
-- Error number unknown
WHEN OTHERS THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'other_error');
end Process_Request;
end TEST_UTL_FILE;
Errors:
ORA-20001: invalid_path
ORA-06512: at "SYS.TEST_UTL_FILE", line 21
ORA-06512: at line 3

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