Shell exit is invalid in this SAS session.Run a sas code x "chmod ....";

[GritZhou]

Shell exit is invalid in this SAS session.Run a sas code x "chmod ....";

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

There is no SAS-internal tool for setting file permissions, so you must have XCMD enabled to do it from a SAS program.

[alancox]

Depending on the full context of your code & if you're on a unix based system, you could use the 'permission' option within the filename statement

Alan

[Kurt_Bremser]

Can this be used on an existing file without making any other modifications?

Will the permissions be changed if this is submitted:

filename xxx '/path/file' permission=".....";
filename xxx clear;

?

[alancox]

There is an option to do this too using this CAS action if you're a Viya user.

Always worth a try to see how it functions as you suggest Kurt

[Kurt_Bremser]

I tried it; you cannot change just the permission of an existing file, you must write to it.