CLOSE DATASET

Short Reference

Syntax

CLOSE DATASET dset.

Effect

This statement closes the file specified in dset. dset must be character-type data object that contains the platform-specific name of the file. If the file is already closed or does not exist, the statement is ignored and the return value sy-subrc is set to 0.

If the operating system buffers data before it is written to a file and there is still data in the buffer, this data is written to the file before closing.

Note

An opened file that was not explicitly closed using CLOSE DATASET is automatically closed when the program is exited.

System fields

If a file was opened without the FILTER addition, sy-subrc always contains the value 0.

If a file was opened using the FILTER addition, sy-subrc contains the return value of the filter program, which is returned by the operating system. This value is generally 0 if the statement was executed with no exceptions.

Exceptions

Catchable Exceptions

CX_SY_FILE_CLOSE

• Cause: The file could not be closed. Insufficient memory space is a possible reason for this.
  Runtime Error: DATASET_CANT_CLOSE (catchable)