topic Moving a sas dataset from windows to unix in SAS Procedures

Moving a sas dataset from windows to unix

Tal — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 21:53:08 GMT

Hi,
Whats the best way to move a dataset or a list of datasets from sharedrive " \x\y\z" to unix '/a/b/c"?

Thx

ChrisBrooks — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:07:04 GMT

I'd recommend Proc Cport to create a transport file on the windows box and Proc Cimport to import that file into a SAS data set on the Unix box http://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=proc&docsetTarget=n1c1z2uzw5ejpfn1cp87c1h4yfcf.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en

SASKiwi — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 22:22:55 GMT

The internal format of Windows and Unix SAS datasets is not the same so file copies wont work. The method mentioned by @ChrisBrooks is one way. Check out this guide to the moving and transporting of SAS files for a comprehensive list of all of the methods: http://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=movefile&docsetTarget=movefilewhatsnew94.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en

Tal — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:31:41 GMT

Thank u both!