Hi,
Is there is any way to read directory path from the file reference?
for e.g. I had file references declared in one stage of a program as: filename fref <dir>;
In other place I want to get the directory path <dir> only by using fref.
Please let me know how this can be done.
your help is much appreciated.
-Sudharsanan
Hi,
You want:
data _null_;
put %sysfunc(pathname( **your file refence** ));
run;
So the %sysfunc(pathname()) will return the address.
You seem to have mixed macro and data step logic there.
In a data step you can call the PATHNAME() function directly.
data _null_;
path = pathname('sashelp');
put path=;
run;
In macro code you can call the PATHNAME() function using %SYSFUNC().
%put path=%sysfunc(pathname(sashelp));
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