SAP FILE INTERFACE NAMING
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Physical and Logical File Names
Files are addressed in all the statements of the file interface by using the physical file name by which they are known in the particular platform. This is why a file cannot be opened more than once in the same program. The physical name of a file is usually made up of a path description and the file name itself. File names with blank spaces are permitted where the blanks are part of the file name. The actual notation depends on the operating system of the application server. Any file names that do not contain an absolute path reference the directory defined using the
To write platform-independent and secure programs, it is best to create logical file names and logical paths that can be associated with the actual physical file names for every platform.
The following function modules and methods are available for the use of logical file names in programs:
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