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print  $ORAHOME . '\\exp ' $CONNECTUSER . '@samsdb full=Y file=' .
$BACKUPDIR  ' \samsdb.dmp log=' . $LOGFILE;

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You are missing a . between $BACKUPDIR and ' \samsdb.dmp log='.

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