topic Re: execute shel scripts from EG in SAS Enterprise Guide

execute shel scripts from EG

LS — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:18:21 GMT

Hi,
I am running EG on AIX. From within a "Program" in EG I can run UNIX commands such as
x 'mkdir xxxx' , x "\rm file.txt' , etc..
Is there a way to run a .ksh script the same way I run the commands above?

Thank you

Re: execute shel scripts from EG

Patrick — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:31:25 GMT

Yes it is.
Why don't you just try?

Re: execute shel scripts from EG

LS — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:41:28 GMT

Hi Patrick,

Actually I have tried it before.
I may be missing something but, here is what I did -->
X 'cd'; (where my customer4.ksh script is)
X 'customer4.ksh'; (intended to trigger the execution of the script)

This is the script -->

#! /usr/bin/ksh
sas -work /sasdata/bicoc_work01 -log ./ -sysin ./procsetinit.sas

From a command line in SSH, the script runs fine.

Thank you for your help,

Luiz

Re: execute shel scripts from EG

ChrisHemedinger — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:46:30 GMT

See this topic:

http://blogs.sas.com/sasdummy/index.php?/archives/136-Using-the-X-and-SYSTASK-commands-from-SAS-Enterprise-Guide.html

Chris

Re: execute shel scripts from EG

TimB_SAS — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:52:08 GMT

Assuming you're able to use X to submit OS commands from SAS, you should be able to use:

x '/full/path/to/customer4.ksh' ;

without needing to use the cd command at all.

Re: execute shel scripts from EG

darrylovia — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:07:26 GMT

Hello
Generally in EG system shell commands are turned off. Following this thread for details.

http://support.sas.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=41152#41152