Macro to create the same subdirectory at the bottom of each branch of a directory

Walternate — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:30:41 GMT

Hi,

I need to create a lot of subfolders in a directory. They will always be the final folder in a branch of the directory and always have the same name, eg:

Folder1/Folder2/test

Folder1/Folder3/test

Folder1/Folder4/Folder5/test

I was thinking there must be a way to automate this in SAS. I would know how to set it up by hand or even providing the beginning of the path and just automating the addition of test, but I was thinking there is probably a way that I can do it using just the umbrella folder (Folder1) and let SAS figure out the rest. Am I correct in thinking this? What is the best way to set this up so it's as automated as possible?

Re: Macro to create the same subdirectory at the bottom of each branch of a directory

Reeza — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:18:59 GMT

Have you seen this post?

It doesn't do the nested loops but I'm 99% certain there's code for that on here already.

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2013/07/02/use-dlcreatedir-to-create-folders/

@Walternate wrote:

Hi,

I need to create a lot of subfolders in a directory. They will always be the final folder in a branch of the directory and always have the same name, eg:

Folder1/Folder2/test

Folder1/Folder3/test

Folder1/Folder4/Folder5/test

I was thinking there must be a way to automate this in SAS. I would know how to set it up by hand or even providing the beginning of the path and just automating the addition of test, but I was thinking there is probably a way that I can do it using just the umbrella folder (Folder1) and let SAS figure out the rest. Am I correct in thinking this? What is the best way to set this up so it's as automated as possible?

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Macro to create the same subdirectory at the bottom of each branch of a directory

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