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Zip files from SAS

deleted_user — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:46:10 GMT

Does anyone know how to zip files using SAS9 for windows.
We are using winzip. Thanks

Re: Zip files from SAS

deleted_user — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:24:47 GMT

You can use the x followed by the unzip command you want to..

eg..

x 'zip test.zip *.txt';

Re: Zip files from SAS

deleted_user — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:22:45 GMT

thanks Sameer, I tried your code and it opens the command prompt DOS window, and does nothing. Any idea?

Re: Zip files from SAS

deleted_user — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:12:34 GMT

You may have to supply the path i.e.

c:\program files\winzip\zip.exe...

or whatever your executable is.

Find it with explorer first.

Re: Zip files from SAS

Chevell_sas — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:20:55 GMT

Try adding the path down to the directory where the WinZip application is installed. The below creates the zip file c:\zzz.zip with all of the .txt files in the directory. You can also use the FILENAME statement and PIPE device which is featured in an example on the SUPPORT.SAS.COM home page. This example unzips a file however.

x '"c:\program files\winzip\wzzip.exe" c:\zzz.zip *.txt';

http://support.sas.com/ctx/samples/index.jsp?sid=1584

Message was edited by: David@SAS at Apr 12, 2006 1:12 PM
Message was edited by: David@SAS at Apr 12, 2006 1:12 PM

Re: Zip files from SAS

mlamias — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:22:41 GMT

You may also need to use the noxwait and noxsync options to avoid having to manually exit the command prompt upon completion of calling the unzip program.

Re: Zip files from SAS

deleted_user — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:41:05 GMT

thank you all. This was exactly what I was looking for

Re: Zip files from SAS

JackHamilton — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:57:16 GMT

For ZIPing under MVS, if you have PKZIP licensed, see

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