topic Re: Uncompressing external zipped file in ODS and Base Reporting

Uncompressing external zipped file

cxkev182 — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:17:14 GMT

Hi,

I am using SAS University Edition on Mac via VirtualBox. I need to import CSV files that come packaged in a .zip file.

Is there any code I can use that will enable SAS to extract the files first so I can then import them?

Regards,

jakarman — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:59:02 GMT

You can use 7zip and place those files in the shared location?

cxkev182 — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:19:09 GMT

Thanks for your reply. Can I use this from within SAS? I would like the whole process to be contained within a SAS program if possible.

Thanks for your time,

Reeza — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:31:18 GMT

Try the Filename ZIP method instead? See this post here that has an example of how it works:

Reading and updating ZIP files with FILENAME ZIP

cxkev182 — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 20:13:36 GMT

Excellent. Thanks.