topic Re: Library does not exist in New SAS User

Library does not exist

kngu022 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:38:36 GMT

Hi, I am new users for SAS and struggling with create name for file. I use IMAC. I always have problem each time I write down the file path like below. Can anyone tell me the rule of it pleas

Re: Library does not exist

kngu022 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:45:44 GMT

Because of this issue, when I create the temporary data set, the errors is like that.

Can anyone help me please?

Re: Library does not exist

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:32:21 GMT

Make sure that the spelling of the physical path to the library is correct, especially with regards to uppercase/lowercase. When SAS tells you something is not there, then it is not there, period.

Both OSX (Mac) and Linux (the operating system of University Edition) are case sensitive.

Re: Library does not exist

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:33:05 GMT

PS please post logs as text, using the {i} button.

Re: Library does not exist

kngu022 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:49:59 GMT

After I have corrected the file path and created the temp dataset. The result is like this...

I am not sure what I did wrong. Could you tell me please?

Re: Library does not exist

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 12:06:34 GMT

I hate to repeat myself:

"PS please post logs as text, using the {i} button."

First, get rid of that stupid blank in the directory name; it will only cause trouble again and again.

Second, make sure that a file

auto.sas7bdat

exists in the directory. Spelling must be all lowercase, no blanks or other special characters.

Re: Library does not exist

kngu022 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 12:20:59 GMT

Yes the dataset auto is in the directory I think

here is my code:

{TITLE 301: Chapater_2;

OPTIONS PAGESIZE=40 LINESIZE=80;

LIBNAME Chapter2"/folders/myfolders/Lecture_Resources";

DATA auto;

SET Chapter2.auto;

RUN;}

The log comes out is no different.

Could you please tell me what is wrong with my code?

Re: Library does not exist

Kurt_Bremser — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 12:35:51 GMT

According to what I see in the screenshot, your libname should be

libname chapter2 "/folders/myfolders/Lecture_ Resources/Chapter2";

as the blank seems to still be there in the physical directory name.

Re: Library does not exist

Reeza — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 19:52:25 GMT

Right click the file, select Properties and get the path from there.

Re: Library does not exist

Tom — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 21:11:55 GMT

Computers do EXACTLY what you tell them to do.

From your photograph of SAS's tree view of your files it looks like there is some character (a space?) between the underscore and the R in your directory names.

But in the code you posted there is nothing between those two characters.

"/folders/myfolders/Lecture_Resources"

Also in your photograph is looks like auto.sas7bdat is under the Chapter2 subfolder and not in the parent directory that you attempted to point the libname to.