No Carriage return required when outputting file

Question

Hi All.
By default, SAP inserts an end-of-line character when transferring data to the "dataset". we do not want the empty line at the end.
Here is my code :
OPEN DATASET file_path FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE
                      ENCODING DEFAULT
                      WITH SMART LINEFEED
                       MESSAGE msg.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
  LOOP AT itab INTO wa.
    l_off = STRLEN( wa ).
    TRANSFER wa TO file_path LENGTH l_off NO END OF LINE.
  ENDLOOP.
  CLOSE DATASET file_path.
ELSE.
" Error that file_not_opened.
ENDIF.
As you see, I have tried all possible ways : Opening in binary format, text format, writing with length specification, no end of line - but a blank line is always coming at the end.
Any clues?
Thanks in adv.
Samant

Answer 1

Hi Samant,
Here is the program, i have tested it and its working fine.
REPORT ztest1 .
DATA : BEGIN OF itab OCCURS 0 ,
text(140),
END OF itab.
DATA : wa TYPE itab,
       file_path TYPE rlgrap-filename VALUE '/tmp/zt.txt',
       l_off TYPE i.
APPEND 'test1234' TO itab.
APPEND 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' TO itab.
APPEND 'test1234' TO itab.
OPEN DATASET file_path FOR APPENDING IN BINARY MODE.
ENCODING DEFAULT
WITH SMART LINEFEED
*MESSAGE msg.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
  LOOP AT itab INTO wa.
    l_off = strlen( wa ).
    TRANSFER wa TO file_path LENGTH l_off.
  ENDLOOP.
  CLOSE DATASET file_path.
ELSE." Error that file_not_opened.
ENDIF.
Best regards,
Prashant