Trying to use spool command

heyyall,
am trying to use the spool command to save a file from an output but i get the message:
SPOOL save.lis
SP2-0606: Cannot create SPOOL file save.lis
am using sql-plus 10.2.0.1.0
?

No its not an advanced setup , its just i logged into database using putty, easy to use.
In Command Promt we use dir command to list the directories , in the same way in database ls list the subfolders/subdirectories and files present in the current directory.
I think you are using local database only right?.
Then go to command prompt (i.e., go to run and type cmd)
And from there i had done this scenario, please view it so that you can understand clearly
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Balaji K>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0282-81BD
Directory of C:\Users\Balaji K
03/27/2011 12:04 AM <DIR> .
03/27/2011 12:04 AM <DIR> ..
03/26/2011 03:04 AM <DIR> .VirtualBox
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Contacts
03/26/2011 06:07 PM <DIR> Desktop
03/25/2011 06:00 PM <DIR> Documents
03/25/2011 08:44 PM <DIR> Downloads
03/04/2011 06:06 PM <DIR> Favorites
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Links
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Music
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Pictures
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Saved Games
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Searches
03/26/2011 10:04 PM <DIR> Tracing
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Videos
02/25/2011 06:07 PM <DIR> VirtualBox VMs
0 File(s) 0 bytes
16 Dir(s) 43,067,936,768 bytes free
C:\Users\Balaji K>sqlplus sys as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Sun Mar 27 00:04:44 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter password:
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> spool example.txt
SQL> desc dba_users;
Name Null? Type
USERNAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
USER_ID NOT NULL NUMBER
PASSWORD VARCHAR2(30)
ACCOUNT_STATUS NOT NULL VARCHAR2(32)
LOCK_DATE DATE
EXPIRY_DATE DATE
DEFAULT_TABLESPACE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
TEMPORARY_TABLESPACE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
CREATED NOT NULL DATE
PROFILE NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
INITIAL_RSRC_CONSUMER_GROUP VARCHAR2(30)
EXTERNAL_NAME VARCHAR2(4000)
SQL> select username from dba_users;
USERNAME
SYS
SYSTEM
ANONYMOUS
MDSYS
OUTLN
DIP
TSMSYS
FLOWS_FILES
CTXSYS
DBSNMP
FLOWS_020100
USERNAME
XDB
HR
13 rows selected.
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Produ
ction
C:\Users\Balaji K>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0282-81BD
Directory of C:\Users\Balaji K
03/27/2011 12:04 AM <DIR> .
03/27/2011 12:04 AM <DIR> ..
03/26/2011 03:04 AM <DIR> .VirtualBox
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Contacts
03/26/2011 06:07 PM <DIR> Desktop
03/25/2011 06:00 PM <DIR> Documents
03/25/2011 08:44 PM <DIR> Downloads
03/27/2011 12:05 AM 2,398 example.txt
03/04/2011 06:06 PM <DIR> Favorites
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Links
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Music
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Pictures
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Saved Games
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Searches
03/26/2011 10:04 PM <DIR> Tracing
02/25/2011 04:57 PM <DIR> Videos
02/25/2011 06:07 PM <DIR> VirtualBox VMs
1 File(s) 2,398 bytes
16 Dir(s) 43,067,940,864 bytes free
C:\Users\Balaji K>
See now you can see the example.txt which we had spooled. Now if go with
C:\Users\Balaji K>edit example.txt command you can see that all the data is spooled into it.
And instead of exiting sqlplus, if you want to continue some other operations , then you can give spool off command .
sql> spool off.
Hope this helps you :)
Thanks,
Balaji K.
Edited by: balaji k on Mar 26, 2011 11:42 AM
Edited by: balaji k on Mar 26, 2011 11:43 AM

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