title: Exporting user to dmp file in Oracle11gr2
body: <p>I am trying to create a dump file of an Oracle database on 11g</p>
  
  <p>the user is CONTACT and lets say pwd is zip (lowercase)</p>
  
  <p>i log into SQLplus using run command "sqlplus /nolog"</p>
  
  <p>and then</p>
  
  <p>Connect sys/pwd@oracle11g as sysdba</p>
  
  <p>then i try to run my export command</p>
  
  <pre><code>SQL&gt; exp sys/pwd owner=CONTACT DIRECT=Y FILE=E:\ORA_DUMP\CONTACT.dmp LOG=E:\ORA_DUMP\CONTACT.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and then i hit enter but i get </p>
  
  <p>SP2-0734: unknown command beginning "exp sys/pw....." -rest of line ignored</p>
  
  <p>i tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>SQL&gt; exp CONTACT/zip owner=CONTACT DIRECT=Y FILE=E:\ORA_DUMP\CONTACT.dmp LOG=E:\ORA_DUMP\CONTACT.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but i get same error</p>
  
  <p>what am i doing wrong</p>