EXSORT_INIT_FILEMASK_INVALID is an ABAP runtime error which you may come across when using or developing within an SAP system. See below for the standard details explaining what it means and how you can avoid or fix this runtime error.
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Enter a value containing character string <runtime parameter> in SAP profile parameter
<runtime parameter>.
Please see exsort init error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.
Invalid name mask for temporary sort file.
Please see installation error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.
Please see exsort init error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.
SAP profile parameter <runtime parameter> contains a mask used as the basis for
settings the help files for the external sort. The current parameter
<runtime parameter> is invalid, since it does not contain the character string <runtime parameter>.
Please see exsort init error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.
EXSORT_INIT_FILEMASK_INVALID - exsort init filemask invalid EXSORT_INIT_ERROR - exsort init error EXSORT_INIT_DIR_SORTTMP - exsort init dir sorttmp EXSORT_INIT_COMPOSE_DSN - exsort init compose dsn EXSORT_INIT_BASE36_CONVERSION - exsort init base36 conversion EXSORT_ILLEGAL_STATE_FOLLOWS - exsort illegal state follows