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eferencik
Fluorite | Level 6

I am trying to use SAS to copy an existing excel workbook (a template) and save it with a new name in a different folder (once updated with current data).  I have tried both steps below, but I cannot get either to work.  It seems like it should be simple to do, the only difference between the 2 workbooks would be the file name and location.

 

First tried:

options noxwait;

data _null_;

rc= system("copy S:\sas\Regular Reports\Vacancy Template.xlsx S:\oim\Regular Reports\Vacancy Report &sysdate..xlsx");

 

put rc=;

run;

 

Then I tried:

options noxwait;

data _null_;

oldname="S:\sas\Regular Reports\Vacancy Template.xlsx";

newname="S:\oim\Regular Reports\Vacancy Report &sysdate..xlsx";

rc= system(quote(catx(' ','copy',quote(trim(oldname)),quote(trim(newname)))));

put rc=;

run;

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Reeza
Super User

If you're using SAS 9.4 try FCOPY instead.

 


@eferencik wrote:

I am trying to use SAS to copy an existing excel workbook (a template) and save it with a new name in a different folder (once updated with current data).  I have tried both steps below, but I cannot get either to work.  It seems like it should be simple to do, the only difference between the 2 workbooks would be the file name and location.

 

First tried:

options noxwait;

data _null_;

rc= system("copy S:\sas\Regular Reports\Vacancy Template.xlsx S:\oim\Regular Reports\Vacancy Report &sysdate..xlsx");

 

put rc=;

run;

 

Then I tried:

options noxwait;

data _null_;

oldname="S:\sas\Regular Reports\Vacancy Template.xlsx";

newname="S:\oim\Regular Reports\Vacancy Report &sysdate..xlsx";

rc= system(quote(catx(' ','copy',quote(trim(oldname)),quote(trim(newname)))));

put rc=;

run;


 

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Reeza
Super User

If you're using SAS 9.4 try FCOPY instead.

 


@eferencik wrote:

I am trying to use SAS to copy an existing excel workbook (a template) and save it with a new name in a different folder (once updated with current data).  I have tried both steps below, but I cannot get either to work.  It seems like it should be simple to do, the only difference between the 2 workbooks would be the file name and location.

 

First tried:

options noxwait;

data _null_;

rc= system("copy S:\sas\Regular Reports\Vacancy Template.xlsx S:\oim\Regular Reports\Vacancy Report &sysdate..xlsx");

 

put rc=;

run;

 

Then I tried:

options noxwait;

data _null_;

oldname="S:\sas\Regular Reports\Vacancy Template.xlsx";

newname="S:\oim\Regular Reports\Vacancy Report &sysdate..xlsx";

rc= system(quote(catx(' ','copy',quote(trim(oldname)),quote(trim(newname)))));

put rc=;

run;


 

eferencik
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you.  I searched FCOPY, found this and it works.

 

filename src "path-to-src" recfm=n;
filename dst "path-to-dst" recfm=n;
%let rc = %sysfunc(FCOPY(src,dst));
%put %sysfunc(SYSMSG());

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