How to split path and filename (file is on application server)

Question

Searching this forum I found a couple of FM's that apparently only worked for PC files.  Is there a parser function for files w/ the Unix naming convention?

Answer 1

You could parse it yourself...
DATA: filepath TYPE char255 VALUE '/usr/<sys_id>/sap/tmp/filename.txt'.
DATA: path TYPE char255.
DATA: file TYPE char255.
DEFINE macro_reverse_string.
  call function 'STRING_REVERSE'
    exporting
      string  = &1
      lang    = sy-langu
    importing
      rstring = &1.
END-OF-DEFINITION.
macro_reverse_string filepath.
SPLIT filepath AT '/' INTO file path.
macro_reverse_string filepath.
macro_reverse_string file.
shift path right by 1 places. path(1) = '/'.
macro_reverse_string path.
WRITE:/ filepath.
WRITE:/ path.
WRITE:/ file.
Regards,
Rich Heilman