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Copying files from the SAS server to a NAS folder (sharedrive)

Tal — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:04:31 GMT

What's the best way to move SAS datasets from the sas server to a NAS folder?

Re: Copying files from the SAS server to a NAS folder (sharedrive)

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 18:19:32 GMT

Have the NAS mounted on the SAS server, so you can directly establish a LIBNAME there.

Re: Copying files from the SAS server to a NAS folder (sharedrive)

SASKiwi — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:11:42 GMT

What OS is this happening on? Are you simply migrating your SAS data to new storage? If so then using OS tools will be an efficient way of moving multiple folders at once.

Re: Copying files from the SAS server to a NAS folder (sharedrive)

Tal — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 03:21:56 GMT

trying to copy a directory full of sas files to a nas folder.
tried:

cp /xx/yy/dir_name/* \\Nabdc01sdprs01\x\y\z\temp

but not working . The NAS folder path does not get recognized

Re: Copying files from the SAS server to a NAS folder (sharedrive)

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:22:32 GMT

Your SAS server is running on UNIX, so it does not use Windows filename conventions (backslash!), and UNC names won't work.

To use a simple cp, the network share must be mounted on the UNIX filesystem.

Without mounting, you may be able to use sftp.