https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/785513#M250695 <P>Use the&nbsp;<A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/p0gh473azqo3han1edlhbyt04gxa.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FEXIST</A>&nbsp;function, and the&nbsp;<A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n15scht124hr4nn1g296cqg2kqfa.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FILENAME</A>&nbsp;function to create the necessary file reference.</P> <P>Or the&nbsp;<A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n06xm8hwk0t0axn10gj16lfiri43.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FILEEXIST</A>&nbsp;function directly with the physical filename.</P> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 07:31:16 GMT Kurt_Bremser 2021-12-11T07:31:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/785512#M250694 <P>Windows system, how to tell a csv file (or any other) file exists or not?! Not a dataset</P> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:32:43 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/785512#M250694 hellohere 2021-12-11T06:32:43Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/785513#M250695 <P>Use the&nbsp;<A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/p0gh473azqo3han1edlhbyt04gxa.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FEXIST</A>&nbsp;function, and the&nbsp;<A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n15scht124hr4nn1g296cqg2kqfa.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FILENAME</A>&nbsp;function to create the necessary file reference.</P> <P>Or the&nbsp;<A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/lefunctionsref/n06xm8hwk0t0axn10gj16lfiri43.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FILEEXIST</A>&nbsp;function directly with the physical filename.</P> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 07:31:16 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/785513#M250695 Kurt_Bremser 2021-12-11T07:31:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/785627#M250757 <P>Hello<BR />There is a solution here <A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/24/577.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/24/577.html</A></P> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:20:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/785627#M250757 Sajid01 2021-12-12T15:20:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/787567#M251665 Thx Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:48:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-tell-a-file-not-dataset-exist-or-not/m-p/787567#M251665 hellohere 2021-12-29T00:48:58Z