Transfer string to unix file

Hi Gurus,
I am converting data in an internal table (consisting of 5000 records) into XML string using CALL TRANSFORMATION. All data is stored in XML format in a variable of type STRING.
I am trying to write this data in a Unix file using TRANSFER statement.
The problem is all data is not copied into the file!
Can anyone suggest a suitable solution so that complete data in the string variable will be reflected in the file?
Regards,
Jack

Hi,
If you are opening the file in text mode, your itab fields have to be character type fields. So define another itab with fields of character type with lengths defined as per your output requirements.
You have understand that if you have floating, decimal fields, currency or quantity fields in your itab, they are know to SAP only, once you try to download such records, converting them into character form needs to happen.
Did you try the binary mode with your 'open dataset' statement?
Srinivas

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 DATA: DATA_TRANSFER(70).
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 [NO END OF LINE].
Addition 1
... LENGTH len
Effect
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