topic Re: SAS interface with UNIX in SAS Programming

SAS interface with UNIX

Babloo — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:29:07 GMT

May I request someone to explain how SAS interface with UNIX in simple terms? I would like to undertand how UNIX shell script runs the SAS jobs. How does UNIX calls SAS while running script?

Re: SAS interface with UNIX

RW9 — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 12:56:14 GMT

Could you be a bit more specific, provide examples. I.e. how is SAS setup, presumably on a server. Are you talking about Unix script running an application, as thats probably out of scope for a SAS forum. Or do you mean run unix commands from SAS?

Re: SAS interface with UNIX

Babloo — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:13:46 GMT

Yes, I would like to know about SAS set up in UNIX server.

Re: SAS interface with UNIX

LinusH — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 21:21:41 GMT

I sugest that you browse the documentation on support.Sas.com for installation and configuration of SAS on the UNIX platform. There also lot of papers on the subject.

Re: SAS interface with UNIX

Reeza — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 23:18:54 GMT

Thats too broad a question. SAS is an application that can run on Unix or Windows. The intricacies behind scheduling jobs is large - diff tools can be used beside Unix scheduling. The installation type on Unix can vary - users may have to log in directly to a Unix interface or they may use EG to connect to the server, which type are you interested in? This seems like an interview prep ...