topic Re: Table in work library in UNIX in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Table-in-work-library-in-UNIX/m-p/111032#M258976 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The table is gone.&nbsp; The WORK library is automatically erased when your SAS job finishes.</P><P></P><P>If you had permanently saved the data, you would need to use SAS to view it.&nbsp; It will not be stored as a text file, and will not be viewable using regular editors.&nbsp; Typical unix commands such as head and tail will not provide a meaningful view.</P><P></P><P>You'll need to decide upon a folder to hold the data, add a LIBNAME statement to your program, and use that when you name the data set.</P><P></P><P>Good luck.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:50:57 GMT Astounding 2013-02-15T21:50:57Z Table in work library in UNIX https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Table-in-work-library-in-UNIX/m-p/111031#M258975 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I ran a sql procedure in SAS using putty on unix. and created a table without defining a library. After the job was completed it said the table was created in work library,.</P><P></P><P>How can I view table created in the work library. Is there a way to do it? What would be the default location of SAS work lib in UNIX</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:35:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Table-in-work-library-in-UNIX/m-p/111031#M258975 devnand 2013-02-15T20:35:39Z Re: Table in work library in UNIX https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Table-in-work-library-in-UNIX/m-p/111032#M258976 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The table is gone.&nbsp; The WORK library is automatically erased when your SAS job finishes.</P><P></P><P>If you had permanently saved the data, you would need to use SAS to view it.&nbsp; It will not be stored as a text file, and will not be viewable using regular editors.&nbsp; Typical unix commands such as head and tail will not provide a meaningful view.</P><P></P><P>You'll need to decide upon a folder to hold the data, add a LIBNAME statement to your program, and use that when you name the data set.</P><P></P><P>Good luck.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:50:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Table-in-work-library-in-UNIX/m-p/111032#M258976 Astounding 2013-02-15T21:50:57Z