Moving SAS datasets from windows to linux in bulk

[woo]

Hello, i like to move sas datasets from windows to linux in bulk (*). I am not quite sure if proc cport/cimport can be used to move sas datasets in bulk. Please advise. Thanks!

[SASKiwi]

The simple answer is yes.

An alternative method, if you have SAS/CONNECT installed on both servers is to use PROC UPLOAD which can move entire SAS libraries with one statement. UPLOAD handles the data conversion on-the-fly so you don't need CPORT / CIMPORT.

[woo]

Thank you @ SASKiwi. Unfortunately, we don't have sas/connect. 

[Kurt_Bremser]

Since both Windows and Linux use the same processor architecture, I would simply copy the files first and test them on Linux.

PROC CPORT/CIMPORT can transport whole libraries in a single file.

[woo]

Thank you KurtBremser. would you please provide any doc/link to refer to transfer complete library? I see document with exporting single sas dataset. 

[Quentin]

I think Kurt is recommending you simply copy the files using non-SAS tools (e.g. sFTP, Samba, whatever) for copying files between the environments.  SAS datasets are just files.  You will pay a small performance price on the linux side when reading files that were written by Windows, but if that cost is too high, you can always translate / recreate the datasets on the linux side after you have moved the files.

[ballardw]

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@woo wrote:

Thank you KurtBremser. would you please provide any doc/link to refer to transfer complete library? I see document with exporting single sas dataset. 

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https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.4/proc/p1h7x7gvk42uv0n16apets89tmvp.htm

Change the memtype to DATA from CATALOG for only the data sets. If you leave off the memtype the default will be to export the data and catalogs.