Invalid File Error

spiperato — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:34:31 GMT

I am working with data from the BRFSS and I am trying to get the formats file to run with the actual dataset. I have downloaded the code and files from the BRFSS website, however when I try to use the code I am getting an error: Invalid File. I will paste the code I am using below. Does anyone know what to do about this error?

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* FILE NAME:     TRANSPRT.SAS                                                     *
* DESCRIPTION:   THIS PROGRAM CONVERTS A SAS TRANSPORT FILE LOCATED AT <TRANSPRT> *
*                LIBNAME, INTO A SAS DATABASE STORED AT <DATAOUT> LIBREF          *
* REFERENCES:                                                                     *
* INPUT       DATAIN           FILEREF OF TRANSPORT DATAFILE OF COMPLETES         *
* OUTPUT      DATAOUT.SASDATA  SAS DATABASE VERSION OF TRANSPORT DATA AS          *
*                              SPECIFIED IN <TRANSPRT> LIBNAME                    *
* UPDATED - 02/21/2007                                                            *
***********************************************************************************;
********************************
* Clear Output and Log Windows *
********************************;
DM OUTPUT 'clear' continue;
DM LOG    'clear' continue;
**********************************
* DEFINE SAS ENVIRONMENT OPTIONS *
**********************************;
OPTIONS PAGENO=1 NOFMTERR;
***************************************
* CLEAR EXISTING TITLES AND FOOTNOTES *
***************************************;
TITLE ;
FOOTNOTE ;
RUN ;
******************************************************
* INSTRUCTIONS:                                      *
* SPECIFY PATH OF WHERE TRANSPORT DATAFILE IS STORED *
* SPECIFY PATH OF WHERE SAS DATASET IS TO BE STORED  *
******************************************************;

LIBNAME TRANSPRT XPORT 'C:\Users\tuk44889\Desktop\BRFSS2010';
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* EXAMPLE:                                                                  *
*       LIBNAME TRANSPRT XPORT  'C:\BRFSS\2010\CDBRFS10.XPT'                *
* NOTE: MAKE SURE THE ASTERISK IS REMOVED BEFORE THE WORD LIBNAME AND       *
*       MAKE SURE THAT THE GREATER THAN AND LESS THAN SIGNS < > ARE REMOVED *
*       FROM THE FILENAME STATEMENT                                         *
*       THE QUOTATION MARKS MUST BE THERE FOR THE PROGRAM TO WORK           *
*****************************************************************************;

LIBNAME DATAOUT V7 'C:\Users\tuk44889\Desktop\BRFSS2010'  ;
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* EXAMPLE:                                                                  *
*          LIBNAME DATAOUT 'C:\'                                            *
*          A SAS DATABASE WILL BE STORED AT C:\SASDATA.SAS7BDAT             *
* NOTE: MAKE SURE THE ASTERISK IS REMOVED BEFORE THE WORD LIBNAME AND       *
*       MAKE SURE THAT THE GREATER THAN AND LESS THAN SIGNS < > ARE REMOVED *
*       FROM THE LIBNAME STATEMENT                                          *
*       THE QUOTATION MARKS MUST BE THERE FOR THE PROGRAM TO WORK           *
*****************************************************************************;

PROC COPY IN=TRANSPRT OUT=DATAOUT;
RUN;

Re: Invalid File Error

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:50:43 GMT

Libname xport expects the name of the transport file, not of a directory where the transport file is stored.

Re: Invalid File Error

spiperato — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:39:02 GMT

Thank you this worked!

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