How to read AL11 parameters in ABAP program

[Former Member]

Hello SAP Masters,

I came across a requirement to read AL11 file parameters such as lastchanged day and lastchanged time of a particular file in directory. Can you guide me by providing either the function module name or any table where this information is stored, so that I can utilize something in ABAP program and get this information.

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Regards.

[Sandeep_Kumar]

try this : call 'RstrDateConv'

ID 'OPCODE' FIELD opcode

ID 'TIMESTAMP' FIELD timestamp

ID 'ABAPSTAMP' FIELD abapstamp.

[brad_bohn]

Actually, what you need is to call the system file functions much like AL11 does: C_DIR_READ_START, C_DIR_READ_NEXT, C_DIR_READ_FINISH or C_DIR_READ_FINISH and then C_FILE_ATTRIBUTES. There are function modules that will wrap this for you such as EPS_GET_FILE_ATTRIBUTES.

[Former Member]

Thanks for your response. The FM you indicated seems to be the one, but it has time information in seconds I guess. I am not clear on how do I interpret that into date and time.

Can you please provide some guidance.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check this FM ADS2KIPUPL_GET_FILE_ATTRIBUTES.

KR

Veeranji Reddy P.

[SuhaSaha]

Check the FM 'EPS_GET_FILE_ATTRIBUTES'.

[brad_bohn]

Keshav provided the correct response, but since you asked me - this is what AL11 does:

    PERFORM p6_to_date_time_tz(rstr0400) USING file-mtime
                                               file-mod_time
                                               file-mod_date.

BTW, that time/second value is the number of seconds since 1970.

[kesavadas_thekkillath]

Hi John,

use the fm EPS_GET_FILE_ATTRIBUTES and use the output of file_mtime and then call the subroutine p6_to_date_time_tz of the program RSTR0400 with the value from file_mtime and retrun date, time.