https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766499#M22998 <P>Hello, i like to move sas datasets from windows to linux in bulk (*). I am not quite sure if proc cport/cimport can be used to move sas datasets in bulk. Please advise. Thanks!</P> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:18:53 GMT woo 2021-09-07T23:18:53Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766499#M22998 <P>Hello, i like to move sas datasets from windows to linux in bulk (*). I am not quite sure if proc cport/cimport can be used to move sas datasets in bulk. Please advise. Thanks!</P> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:18:53 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766499#M22998 woo 2021-09-07T23:18:53Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766503#M22999 <P>The simple answer is yes.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>An alternative method, if you have SAS/CONNECT installed on both servers is to use PROC UPLOAD which can move entire SAS libraries with one statement. UPLOAD handles the data conversion on-the-fly so you don't need CPORT / CIMPORT.</P> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:50:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766503#M22999 SASKiwi 2021-09-07T23:50:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766514#M23000 <P>Thank you&nbsp;@ SASKiwi. Unfortunately, we don't have sas/connect.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 03:44:24 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766514#M23000 woo 2021-09-08T03:44:24Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766521#M23002 <P>Since both Windows and Linux use the same processor architecture, I would simply copy the files first and test them on Linux.</P> <P>PROC CPORT/CIMPORT can transport whole libraries in a single file.</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 06:40:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766521#M23002 Kurt_Bremser 2021-09-08T06:40:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766565#M23005 <P>Thank you KurtBremser. would you please provide any doc/link to refer to transfer complete library? I see document with exporting single sas dataset.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:58:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766565#M23005 woo 2021-09-08T12:58:41Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766567#M23006 <P>I think Kurt is recommending you simply copy the files using non-SAS tools (e.g. sFTP, Samba, whatever) for copying files between the environments.&nbsp; SAS datasets are just files.&nbsp; You will pay a small performance price on the linux side when reading files that were written by Windows, but if that cost is too high, you can always translate / recreate the datasets on the linux side after you have moved the files.</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:04:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766567#M23006 Quentin 2021-09-08T13:04:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766616#M23010 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/26689">@woo</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>Thank you KurtBremser. would you please provide any doc/link to refer to transfer complete library? I see document with exporting single sas dataset.&nbsp;</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><A href="https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.4/proc/p1h7x7gvk42uv0n16apets89tmvp.htm" target="_blank">https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.4/proc/p1h7x7gvk42uv0n16apets89tmvp.htm</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Change the memtype to DATA from CATALOG for only the data sets. If you leave off the memtype the default will be to export the data and catalogs.</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:23:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Moving-SAS-datasets-from-windows-to-linux-in-bulk/m-p/766616#M23010 ballardw 2021-09-08T15:23:00Z