topic Re: directory change in SAS Health and Life Sciences

directory change

deleted_user — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:40:51 GMT

How do I change my default home directory in SAS windows environment?

Re: directory change

deleted_user — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:43:01 GMT

It is somewhat complex as you installed in your station. You can try the configure file but it always disabled the system.The best way is to reinstall it, in the process to change the default settings.

Re: directory change

Olivier — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:04:07 GMT

See this Q&A :
http://support.sas.com/faq/037/FAQ03721.html

The most tricky part is to locate your config : it is usually stored in c:\program files\sas\sas 9.1\nls\ \sasv9.cfg

Re: directory change

Cynthia_sas — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:24:42 GMT

Another thing you can do, if you want your output stored in different project folders, is to use the X command. Frequently, I switch between several different projects during the day. So I have an X command at the top of a program file to change the working directory. Then I either change it back at the end of the program, or, when I log off, the working directory will be the default the next time I log on.

x 'cd c:\Project1\Output';

Just a note: the X command does NOT work in an EG environment.

cynthia

Re: directory change

advoss — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:47:39 GMT

Another thing you can do, depending upon your final goal is to use the SAS option -sasinitialfolder C:\xyz

Re: directory change

deleted_user — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:20:59 GMT

> See this Q&A :
> http://support.sas.com/faq/037/FAQ03721.html
>
> The most tricky part is to locate your config : it is
> usually stored in c:\program files\sas\sas 9.1\nls\
> \sasv9.cfg

If you really need to locate the config files used for your sas session, where you start sas modify a copy of the start-SAS icon/shortcut/command by adding
-verbose

Do this only if you _really_ need to know this information, because after reporting the config file(s) used, it adds pages and pages of information to the sas log.

Peter