https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Create-Folder-in-Windows-without-using-the-X-Command/m-p/70976#M7094 %macro createdirectory( directory= ) ;<BR /> <BR /> data _null_ ;<BR /> length directory<BR /> path<BR /> folder<BR /> newdir $128 ;<BR /> <BR /> directory = "&amp;directory" ;<BR /> if substr( directory, lengthn( directory ), 1 ) ne "\" then<BR /> directory = cats( directory, "\" ) ;<BR /> <BR /> if substr( directory, 1, 2 ) = "\\" then do ;<BR /> path = substr( directory, 1, find( directory, "\", 3 ) ) ;<BR /> i = 2 ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> else do ;<BR /> i = 1 ;<BR /> path = '' ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> path = cats( path, scan( directory, i, "\" ), "\" ) ;<BR /> <BR /> if fileexist( path ) then do ;<BR /> i + 1 ;<BR /> do while ( lengthn( scan( directory, i, "\" ) ) ) ;<BR /> folder = scan( directory, i, "\" ) ;<BR /> newdir = cats( path, folder ) ;<BR /> if not fileexist( newdir ) then newdir = dcreate( folder, path ) ;<BR /> path = cats( path, folder, "\" ) ;<BR /> i + 1 ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> run ;<BR /> <BR /> %mend ;<BR /> <BR /> /* EOF: createdirectory.sas */ Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:37:30 GMT tbellmer 2011-02-10T15:37:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Create-Folder-in-Windows-without-using-the-X-Command/m-p/70975#M7093 Help! Does anyone know how to create a folder in Windows using SAS without using the X Command (aka on SAS Server - EG)? Can it be done? Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:05:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Create-Folder-in-Windows-without-using-the-X-Command/m-p/70975#M7093 Idan 2011-02-10T15:05:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Create-Folder-in-Windows-without-using-the-X-Command/m-p/70976#M7094 %macro createdirectory( directory= ) ;<BR /> <BR /> data _null_ ;<BR /> length directory<BR /> path<BR /> folder<BR /> newdir $128 ;<BR /> <BR /> directory = "&amp;directory" ;<BR /> if substr( directory, lengthn( directory ), 1 ) ne "\" then<BR /> directory = cats( directory, "\" ) ;<BR /> <BR /> if substr( directory, 1, 2 ) = "\\" then do ;<BR /> path = substr( directory, 1, find( directory, "\", 3 ) ) ;<BR /> i = 2 ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> else do ;<BR /> i = 1 ;<BR /> path = '' ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> path = cats( path, scan( directory, i, "\" ), "\" ) ;<BR /> <BR /> if fileexist( path ) then do ;<BR /> i + 1 ;<BR /> do while ( lengthn( scan( directory, i, "\" ) ) ) ;<BR /> folder = scan( directory, i, "\" ) ;<BR /> newdir = cats( path, folder ) ;<BR /> if not fileexist( newdir ) then newdir = dcreate( folder, path ) ;<BR /> path = cats( path, folder, "\" ) ;<BR /> i + 1 ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> end ;<BR /> run ;<BR /> <BR /> %mend ;<BR /> <BR /> /* EOF: createdirectory.sas */ Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:37:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/Create-Folder-in-Windows-without-using-the-X-Command/m-p/70976#M7094 tbellmer 2011-02-10T15:37:30Z