File creation on server

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Using the "OPEN DATASET", I am trying to create a file in a directory having spaces embedded in the name, e.g.
INTRANET.BARCAPINT.COM\DFS-EMEA\GROUP\GLB\FMCSGLB\WEALTH MANAGEMENT\WM REGION\SHARED\MANAGEMENT\SAP HR TEST\FSTEST.TXT where there is space between "Wealth" and "Management".

The problem I have is that only part of the directory up to "WEALTH" gets picked up(
INTRANET.BARCAPINT.COM\DFS-EMEA\GROUP\GLB\FMCSGLB\WEALTH) and the rest gets discarded. I want to use the full directory name, which in this case has spaces in between, to create files in.

How can I do this? Any ideas?

Regards,

Shabbar

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Using the "OPEN DATASET", I am trying to create a file in a directory having spaces embedded in the name, e.g.
INTRANET.BARCAPINT.COM\DFS-EMEA\GROUP\GLB\FMCSGLB\WEALTH MANAGEMENT\WM REGION\SHARED\MANAGEMENT\SAP HR TEST\FSTEST.TXT where there is space between "Wealth" and "Management".

The problem I have is that only part of the directory up to "WEALTH" gets picked up(
INTRANET.BARCAPINT.COM\DFS-EMEA\GROUP\GLB\FMCSGLB\WEALTH) and the rest gets discarded. I want to use the full directory name, which in this case has spaces in between, to create files in.

How can I do this? Any ideas?

Regards,

Shabbar

[Former Member]

Hi Ali,

Please do check again, if the directory avaliable in the server is with same name (WEALTH MANAGEMENT) as you have mentioned in the post..

Thanks and Regards,

Ram.

[Former Member]

hi syntax is

reward if useful

OPEN DATASET p_file FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.

*--- Display error messages if any.

IF sy-subrc NE 0.

MESSAGE e001(zsd_mes).

EXIT.

ELSE.

*---Data is downloaded to the application server file path

LOOP AT it_tab2 INTO wa_tab2.

TRANSFER wa_tab2 TO p_file.

ENDLOOP.

ENDIF.

*--Close the Application server file (Mandatory).

CLOSE DATASET p_file.

[Pawan_Kesari]

Is your variable (directory_name) used in statement

OPEN DATASET directory_name

is long enough to hold the path.

Try creating logical path from FILE transaction if path is too long to specify in

OPEN DATASET

statement

[Former Member]

If you are running on a UNIX / LINUX based server, spaces are simply not permitted in file / dir names.

Spaces are a Windows / Mac "thing."

You will need to replace the blanks with underscores or something simliar if your OS does not permit spaces... and that appears to be the case here.