Character " to a file

Hi,
I am trying to transfer a character field with the character " in it into a file using Transfer Command, but the character " is replaced by # when saved in the file.
Suggest me hwo to proceed?

The following code is working in my system.
data: l_path(128) type c value '/data/sapdata/ztest.txt'.
data: l_sep(10) type c value 'ABAP"4'.
   OPEN DATASET l_path FOR OUTPUT IN TEXT MODE.
    IF sy-subrc = 0.
        TRANSFER l_sep TO l_path.
      CLOSE DATASET l_path.
    ENDIF.
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