Calling R3trans (SAP Library - Change and Transport System)

Calling R3trans

Call R3trans as follows:

R3trans [<options>]<control file>

IBM eServer iSeries: R3trans ‘[<options>]<control file>‘

The control file specifies the individual actions.

Options for Calling R3trans

You can specify the following options for calling R3trans :

-c <f1> [<f2>] Conversion

Copies file <f1> to file <f2> by converting the character set to the local character set. If <f2> is omitted, R3trans copies to trans.dat (see Automatic Character Set Conversion with R3trans).

-d DB connect

Check if connect to database is possible and if the ABAP Dictionary is available.

-i <file> direct import from data file without specifying a control file (see Import)

-l <file> Output of a table of contents to the log file

-n Brief information about new features of R3trans not yet documented

-t Test mode All modifications in the database are rolled back.

-u <int> Unconditional mode This option invalidates the rules of the correction and transport system. Each mode can be concatenated (for example -u 12 ).

-v Verbose mode

Writes dots to <stdout> and writes additional details to the log file.

-w <file>

The transport log is written to this file. The default file is trans.log in the current directory.

-x Check whether connection to database can be made