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File Interfaces in Release 6.40

1 New statement TRUNCATE DATASET
2 New addition NO END OF LINE in TRANSFER
3 Change to addition POSITION END-OF-FILE


ABAP_MODIFICATION_1 - New statement TRUNCATE DATASET

The new statement TRUNCATE DATASET sets the end of file to a specified item, therefore shortening or lengthening a file.

ABAP_MODIFICATION_2 - New addition NO END OF LINE in TRANSFER

The new addition NO END OF LINE to statement
TRANSFER prevents that for a
text file or legacy text file, an end-of-line-selection is added to the data to be transferred.

ABAP_MODIFICATION_3 - Change to addition POSITION END-OF-FILE


In the statement SET DATASET , the name of the POSITION END-OF-FILE addition is changed for uniformity reasons to POSITION END OF FILE . The END-OF-FILE spelling is still supported for compatibility reasons, but is no longer documented and no longer recommended.

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