Oracle DB create directory - sql

Question

I am trying to create directory is SQL Developer and create a simple text file there using this code :
CREATE DIRECTORY ABC AS '/abc';
DECLARE
fileHandler UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
BEGIN
fileHandler := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('ABC', 'test_file.txt', 'W');
UTL_FILE.PUTF(fileHandler, 'Writing to a file\n');
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(fileHandler);
END;
But it ends up with that Error
29283. 00000 - "invalid file operation"
*Cause: An attempt was made to read from a file or directory that does
not exist, or file or directory access was denied by the
operating system.
*Action: Verify file and directory access privileges on the file system,
and if reading, verify that the file exists.
In SQL developer the directory variable is created and visible
So, my question is Does that piece of code suppose to create directory by itself or do i have to create it manually? (I don't have access to the servers file system)

Answer 1

It looks like GRANTS are missing.
To create a directory:
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY alias AS 'pathname';
Where:
alias is the name of the directory alias.
pathname is the physical directory path.
To Grant:
GRANT permission ON DIRECTORY alias TO {user | role | PUBLIC};
Where:
permission is one of the following:
READ for read-only access
WRITE for write-only access
ALL for read and write access
alias is the name of the directory alias.
user is a database user name.
Edit:
Directory Check:
SQL> SELECT DIRECTORY_NAME , DIRECTORY_PATH FROM DBA_DIRECTORIES WHERE DIRECTORY_NAME = 'BDUMP';
DIRECTORY_NAME DIRECTORY_PATH
------------------------------ ---------------
BDUMP /home/fil_test/
Change directory permission. By default it has only Read and execute permission for others.
terminal$ chmod 777 fil_test
Block:
DECLARE
fHandle UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
BEGIN
fHandle := UTL_FILE.FOPEN ('BDUMP', 'test_file', 'w');
UTL_FILE.PUT (fHandle, 'This is the first line');
UTL_FILE.PUT (fHandle, 'This is the second line');
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE (fHandle, 'This is the third line');
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE (fHandle);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (
'Exception: SQLCODE=' || SQLCODE || ' SQLERRM=' || SQLERRM);
RAISE;
END;
/
Execution:
SQL> #tt.sql
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
And i See the file created:
terminal$ ls -lrt test_file*
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 68 Oct 24 14:49 test_file