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Copy file from windows to linux without Modifying file timestamp using SAS

Vikas_Bairy — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:19:54 GMT

Hi Team,

I want to copy excel file file from windows to Linux system and need to capture last modified date of the file. Note : We cant take take last modified date of the file from windows. Since i am using below code to copy file from Windows to Linux, Code is able to transfer file to Linux system however once after running the code the timestamp of the file is changing. Is there any way to copy file from windows to Linux without modifying file timestamp. Please help

Code :-

%smb_init(username=**MYID**, password=%str(**password**), domain=**aa.aaa.com**); %smb_load();

%smb_pull(windows=//files/Load/Test/Folder1/PIC Alerts/ABC Alerts.xlsx, linux=/sasdata/test_files/folder2/ABC_Alerts.xlsx);

Re: Copy file from windows to linux without Modifying file timestamp using SAS

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:27:08 GMT

You would have to retrieve the current timestamp first from the Windows file, so you can set it later on the Linux side. This would need to be done in the macro, anyway, so we will need to see the macro code.

Or, instead of the SMB protocol, use sftp with the -p option; but this requires the necessary SSH server components on the Windows side.

Re: Copy file from windows to linux without Modifying file timestamp using SAS

SASKiwi — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:16:12 GMT

This seems way more complicated than creating a network share from linux to the Windows server folder - is that not an option?