topic Re: create sub folder in work in SAS Procedures

create sub folder in work

GeorgeSAS — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:08:33 GMT

Hello everyone,

I want to create a sub-folder under WORK folder(temp folder),how to write SAS code to do this?

Thanks!

Re: create sub folder in work

Astounding — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:22:49 GMT

Creating a subfolder requires using an operating system command. So the method will vary from operating system to operating system. SAS has methods that allow you to issue an operating system command, so this will be possible. The key question boils down to this:

Suppose you knew the folder that holds the WORK library. (SAS can retrieve that path.) We'll call that "WORK library folder". What operating system command would you issue to create the proper subfolder?

Re: create sub folder in work

Reeza — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:48:13 GMT

dcreate() function

Re: create sub folder in work

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:48:20 GMT

%let newdir=my_new_subdir;

data _null_;

length command x $ 300;

x = pathname('work');

command = 'mkdir '!!trim(x)!!"/&newdir";

call system(command);

run;

Re: create sub folder in work

data_null__ — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:03:27 GMT

You can use the "new" DLCREATEDIR option and the PATHNAME function. If you want a FILEREF use PATHNAME again in a FILENAME statement.

options DLCREATEDIR=1; 
libname FT51F001 "%sysfunc(pathname(work,L))/subfolderinwork"; 