topic CALL SYSTEM in SAS Programming

CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 15:54:08 GMT

Hi all,

if I run the following program, then the desired CSV file is not written

DATA _NULL_;
        HOME = SYSGET("SAS_HOME");
        ATTRIB TASK FORMAT=$2000.;
        TASK = """" !! STRIP(HOME) !! "\SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.4\tools\sas-list-objects.exe"" -host ""&G_METASERVER."" -port ""&G_METAPORT.""" !! 
               " -user ""&G_METAUSER"" -password ""&G_METAPASS"" -domain ""DefaultAuth""" !!
               " -types ""&LIST_OF_TYPES."" -format csv " !!
			   " > C:\Users\sasdemo\md_ojects_list.csv"	;
        CALL SYSTEM(TASK);
      RUN;

If I run the generated command line in command window directly, then the CSV file is generated

"C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.4\tools\sas-list-objects.exe" -host "localhost" -port "8561" -user "sasdemo" -password "Meta#2019" -domain "DefaultAuth" -types "ACT" -format csv  > C:\Users\sasdemo\md_ojects_list.csv

I run SAS9.4M6 on a Windows 10 environment.

Any ideas?

Regards,

Christoph

Re: CALL SYSTEM

Reeza — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 15:58:47 GMT

Show what TASK looks like using a PUT statement before the call system.
And show us the log please.

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:14:09 GMT

Additional information:

It seems to me that the problem is the start of command line

"C:\Program Files\

the error occurs because of the blank after "C:\Program "

But I have quoted the call of program with the blank in the path.

Regards,

Christoph

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:17:25 GMT

The TASK looks like

"C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.4\tools\sas-list-objects.exe" -host "localhost" -port "8561" -user "sasdemo" -password "Meta#2019" -domain "DefaultAuth" -types "ACT" -format csv  > C:\Users\sasdemo\md_ojects_list.csv

Ther error message I have in German only.

Der Befehl "C:\Program" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
konnte nicht gefunden werden.

This is the translation

The command "C:\Program" is either written incorrectly or
could not be found.

Regards,

Christoph

Re: CALL SYSTEM

Reeza — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:20:46 GMT

Please post the actual log.

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:23:01 GMT

this is the log in German language

Der Befehl "C:\Program" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
konnte nicht gefunden werden.

Re: CALL SYSTEM

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:30:17 GMT

"Log" means the log text of the whole step, including line numbers etc.

Re: CALL SYSTEM

Tom — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:34:49 GMT

You can use functions to make generating the command a lot easier.

See if that helps.

TASK = catx(' '
,quote(catx('\',home,'SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.4\tools\sas-list-objects.exe'))
,'-host',quote("&G_METASERVER.")
,'-port',quote("&G_METAPORT.")
,'-user',quote("&G_METAUSER.")
,'-password',quote("&G_METAPASS.")
,'-domain',quote("DefaultAuth")
,'-types',quote("&LIST_OF_TYPES.")
,'-format csv'
,'>',quote('C:\Users\sasdemo\md_ojects_list.csv')
);

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:51:04 GMT

1                                                          The SAS System                           17:17 Friday, September 27, 2019

1          ;*';*";*/;quit;run;
2          OPTIONS PAGENO=MIN;
3          %LET _CLIENTTASKLABEL='Program (3)';
4          %LET _CLIENTPROCESSFLOWNAME='Process Flow';
5          %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATH='';
6          %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATHHOST='';
7          %LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME='';
8          %LET _SASPROGRAMFILE='';
9          %LET _SASPROGRAMFILEHOST='';
10         
11         ODS _ALL_ CLOSE;
12         OPTIONS DEV=PNG;
13         GOPTIONS XPIXELS=0 YPIXELS=0;
14         FILENAME EGSR TEMP;
15         ODS tagsets.sasreport13(ID=EGSR) FILE=EGSR
16             STYLE=HTMLBlue
17             STYLESHEET=(URL="file:///C:/Program%20Files/SASHome/SASEnterpriseGuide/7.1/Styles/HTMLBlue.css")
18             NOGTITLE
19             NOGFOOTNOTE
20             GPATH=&sasworklocation
21             ENCODING=UTF8
22             options(rolap="on")
23         ;
NOTE: Writing TAGSETS.SASREPORT13(EGSR) Body file: EGSR
24         
25         GOPTIONS ACCESSIBLE;
26         %let list_of_types=ACT;
27         %let files_folder=C:\Benutzer\sademo;;
28         %let G_METASERVER=sas01;
29         %let G_METAPORT=8561;
30         %let G_METAUSER=sasdemo;
31         %let G_METAPASS=xxxxxxxx;
32         
33         options noxwait;
34         /*
35         %macro BY_GET_METADATA_OBJECTS_LIST;
36         DATA test;
37                 HOME = %str(SYSGET("SAS_HOME"));
38                 ATTRIB TASK FORMAT=$2000.;
39                 TASK = """" !! %str(STRIP(HOME)) !! "\SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.4\tools\sas-list-objects.exe"" -host
39       ! ""&G_METASERVER."" -port ""&G_METAPORT.""" !!
40         
41                        " -user ""&G_METAUSER"" -password ""&G_METAPASS"" -domain ""DefaultAuth""" !!
42                        " -types ""&LIST_OF_TYPES."" -format csv " !!
43         			   " > C:\Users\sasdemo\md_ojects_list.csv 2>&1"	;
44                 CALL SYSTEM(%str(TASK));
45               RUN;
46         mend;
47         */
48         
49         DATA test;
50                 HOME = %str(SYSGET("SAS_HOME"));
51                 ATTRIB TASK FORMAT=$2000.;
52         TASK = catx(' '
53         ,quote(catx('\',home,'SASPlatformObjectFramework\9.4\tools\sas-list-objects.exe'))
54         ,'-host',quote("&G_METASERVER.")
55         ,'-port',quote("&G_METAPORT.")
56         ,'-user',quote("&G_METAUSER.")
2                                                          The SAS System                           17:17 Friday, September 27, 2019

57         ,'-password',quote("&G_METAPASS.")
58         ,'-domain',quote("DefaultAuth")
59         ,'-types',quote("&LIST_OF_TYPES.")
60         ,'-format csv'
61         ,'>',quote('C:\Users\sasdemo\md_ojects_list.csv')
62         );
63         
64         CALL SYSTEM(TASK);
65               RUN;

NOTE: The data set WORK.TEST has 1 observations and 2 variables.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           11.47 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds
      

66         
67         
68         GOPTIONS NOACCESSIBLE;
69         %LET _CLIENTTASKLABEL=;
70         %LET _CLIENTPROCESSFLOWNAME=;
71         %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATH=;
72         %LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATHHOST=;
73         %LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME=;
74         %LET _SASPROGRAMFILE=;
75         %LET _SASPROGRAMFILEHOST=;
76         
77         ;*';*";*/;quit;run;
78         ODS _ALL_ CLOSE;
79         
80         
81         QUIT; RUN;
82

Re: CALL SYSTEM

Tom — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:52:02 GMT

Looks like it ran. What did it write into the file?

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:52:52 GMT

Thank you Tom.

The command is running with this change, but the output are not in the CSV file.

Regards,

Christoph

Re: CALL SYSTEM

Reeza — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:59:34 GMT

You have two path references there, are they all on the same server as where you're testing?

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:05:53 GMT

I deleted the file before the run and the file is not created.

Regards,

Christoph

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:07:07 GMT

Yes, thats my local Windows machine

regards,

Christoph

Re: CALL SYSTEM

Tom — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:19:06 GMT

Remove the redirection from the end of the command and try running the command using a pipe instead and see what output it generates. Something like:

data _null_;
   command = catx(.......);
   infile dummy pipe filevar=command ;
   input;
  put _infile_;
run;

Re: CALL SYSTEM

cwl — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:36:53 GMT

Thank you for your support