topic Re: Recently used file list in SAS Programming

Recently used file list

advoss — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:47:45 GMT

How can I "extract" the Recently Used File List information from the SASUSER.PROFILE catalog? And of course, the follow-up question would then be: Can I update the Recently Used File List information in the SASUSER.PROFILE catalog programmatically?

Thank you.

Re: Recently used file list

Reeza — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:50:47 GMT

I'd be a bit cautious when using the recently used file list. Depending on how I open certain programs they may or may not appear on my list. But if that's fine with you than have fun with it.

Re: Recently used file list

art297 — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:03:33 GMT

I'm not sure if the following is showing the same thing as you are asking, but it might be worth a try:

data thefiles;
set sashelp.vextfl;
run;

Art

Re: Recently used file list

advoss — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:03:36 GMT

No, that shows me information about external files that I am reading. I'm really interested in getting at the list of sas program files/scripts that I have used most recently. Since I'm too lazy to keep good notes, some judicious programming might serve me a little better for what I was working on two days ago.

Re: Recently used file list

sbb — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:24:05 GMT

Such a feature/function in SAS does not exist. It may or may not be a suitable enhancement item, however you will want to be very clear about how/where you want SAS to keep track of this information (interactive, batch, otherwise?).

Scott Barry
SBBWorks, Inc.

Re: Recently used file list

ArtC — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:13:57 GMT

How many programs do you access in two days? In your preferences you can bump up the number shown to 30.

Re: Recently used file list

Reeza — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:00:37 GMT

If you're using Windows you might be able to filter out .sas files in the My Recent Documents Folder.

The path is
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Recent

Get a program to read all entries in this folder and then filter for .sas is a possibility I think. Not sure if it would actually work based on the fact that its shortcuts not the actual files. Or how it gets populated, ie open file from within SAS or from contents pane, or from double click in windows.

http://support.sas.com/kb/24/707.html

I gave it a quick test try and the pipe part of the code didn't work for me, but I always have trouble with that kind of stuff.

Re: Recently used file list

Ksharp — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:36:06 GMT

Why not use Windows self-own search functionality.
Start-> Search->File->File
There is option can select the modified date of file, And there are also some another option can use.