Bad data added in Open Dataset for output in Binary mode

Hello,

I am getting random bad data being added to the end of the file that is created on the file server when I run the Open Dataset for output in Binary mode. This data sometimes looks like information about the Unix file server. If I do the Open Dataset in Text mode, it does not add the extra bad data.

 ** transfer file to Unix File server
       DATA: LIN TYPE P.
                                                                                OPEN DATASET P_APPFIL FOR OUTPUT IN BINARY MODE.
                                                                                DESCRIBE TABLE XML_TAB LINES LIN.
                                                                                IF LIN EQ 0.
         EXIT.
       ELSE.
         LOOP AT XML_TAB.
           TRANSFER XML_TAB TO P_APPFIL.
         ENDLOOP.
       ENDIF.
                                                                                CLOSE DATASET P_APPFIL. 

Running the program 2 times with the same variant will give different results.

For example, the data in file should end with </cPedigreeXML> but it added data as shown below:

</cPedigreeXML>8 ˜ I X-UNKNOWN 9 œ I X-UNKNOWN 10

C X-UNKNOWN

Then, when the program was run again with the same selections, it did not add the erroneous data at the end.

This is a real problem because the bad data that gets added causes the file to error in the application. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob