SAS to Linux Connection

[msalam92]

They will come in three forms. Text files, csv files, and python scripts. 

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@msalam92 wrote:

They will come in three forms. Text files, csv files, and python scripts. 

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None of those are SAS datasets, so you won't use the libname statement for this.

[msalam92]

What will be used instead? FILNAME?

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@msalam92 wrote:

What will be used instead? FILNAME?

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Text files are read with infile and input statement, and you can either use filename sftp for creating a file reference to the remote file, which you later use in an infile, or infile sftp.

[msalam92]

Thanks again Kurt. 

I assume all the connection details and user name/password will be included in this block of code. 

The user name/password will be of the one I am trying to connect to. 

[Kurt_Bremser]

For the third time: you do NOT use a password with sftp connections, you have to set up passwordless authentication first!

[msalam92]

Where would I set up the user authentication then?

[Kurt_Bremser]

You use ssh-keygen to create a public/private keypair, put the public key into the authorized_keys file on the target server, and the private key where your local client will pick it up.

The whole process is described here: https://www.ssh.com/ssh/keygen/. I recommend to not use a passphrase.