SAP ABAP Data Element PATHLOG (Log Directory)
Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   BC-CTS-LAN (Application Component) Language Transport
     STRN (Package) Language Transport
Basic Data
Data Element PATHLOG
Short Description Log Directory  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type PATH01    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 55    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 55    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short LogDir 
Medium 13 Log Directory 
Long 13 Log Directory 
Heading 33 Log Directory (Lang. Transport) 
Documentation

Definition

The path contains the name of the log directory for language transports.

The directory is used by language import/export, by the language supplement and by the translation transport between clients.

The log files have the names
- ETEXT<L>.<SID> language switch import
- PTEXT<L>.<SID> DE + Customizing language import
- PDOCU<L>.<SID> documentation language import
- PSPEC<L>.<SID> spec. texts language import
- PEXPORT<L>.<SID> language export
- PSUPPL<L1><L2>.<SID> language supplement
- PFILL<L>.<SID> RSREFILL
where <L> is the language (ISO code).

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19950721 
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