RMAN Error 04014

I was recieving the below error while creating stand by database through RMAN.

RMAN-04014: startup failed: ORA-01261: Parameter db_create_file_dest destination string cannot be translated

The value of parameter db_create_file_dest locaiton was proper and was present at both the source and destination servers with proper files permissions.

But the issue later turned out to be because of an improper settting of another parameter -control_files, which had a extra character added to it(yes ..by mistake).Anyway the issue was with the improper location setting.