SAS Tip: Obtain the current working directory with batch grid jobs on UNIX/Linux

ChrisNZ — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 04:14:25 GMT

Since the implicit path "." cannot be used to reference the current working directory for batch grid jobs, this short macro comes to the rescue.

%macro wd;
  %local cwd pwd;
  %let cwd = %sysget(LS_SUBCWD);
  %let pwd = %sysget(PWD);

  %if %length(%superq(cwd)) %then %superq(cwd);
  %else                           %superq(pwd);
%mend wd;

The path can then be used anywhere; for example:

libname PWD "%wd";

Check the documentation for more information on the macro function %sysget.

Thank you to @dgritt for providing the original code and agreeing to his contribution being published here.

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