topic Copying files from an FTP server in ODS and Base Reporting https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Copying-files-from-an-FTP-server/m-p/123602#M10484 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone,</P><P></P><P>I have 3 .csv-files on a FTP-server. </P><P>How can I copy them to my local pc?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>David</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:42:23 GMT DavidDemeyer 2013-04-29T10:42:23Z Copying files from an FTP server https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Copying-files-from-an-FTP-server/m-p/123602#M10484 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi everyone,</P><P></P><P>I have 3 .csv-files on a FTP-server. </P><P>How can I copy them to my local pc?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>David</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:42:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Copying-files-from-an-FTP-server/m-p/123602#M10484 DavidDemeyer 2013-04-29T10:42:23Z Re: Copying files from an FTP server https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Copying-files-from-an-FTP-server/m-p/123603#M10485 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you're ultimately going to use SAS to process them, why copy at all?&nbsp; Just create an ftp filename that points to them and use that filename in your data step.&nbsp; If you actually need to copy them, you can write and call and ftp batch command from within SAS.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:23:56 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/ODS-and-Base-Reporting/Copying-files-from-an-FTP-server/m-p/123603#M10485 DBailey 2013-04-29T11:23:56Z