How to create a library in a subfolder - limit on number of subfolders?

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@kz_ wrote:

The error is 

ERROR: Library library_name does not exist 

All of the folders have already been created, and the subfolder contains SAS datasets. 

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This is the error you get later when you try to use the library. Please copy/paste the complete log of the LIBNAME statement into a window opened with this button:

You can mask sensitive parts of the path.

Edit: corrected FILENAME to LIBNAME.

[kz_]

This is actually the error when I try to create the library:

libname name '/name1/name2/name3/name4/name5';
NOTE: Library NAME does not exist.

And when I remove the last subfolder, I get:
NOTE: Libref NAME was successfully assigned as follows:
Engine: V9
Physical Name: /name1/name2/name3/name4

[Shmuel]

Why are you using long path like "/folder/subfolder/subfolder2/subfolder3/subfolder4/subfolder5" ?

why not:

• "/folder/subfolder/subfolder1"
• "/folder/subfolder/subfolder2"
  etc.

[kz_]

It's a shared directory - I don't have control over it.

[Kurt_Bremser]

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@kz_ wrote:
It's a shared directory - I don't have control over it.

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You can create (or have created) a shorter direct link to the subdirectory.

[htalbott]

I am a total SAS newbie, but I'm struggling with this exact problem. I'm in a shared drive, so I have limited ability to shorten the path. So how do I "create a shorter direct link to the subdirectory"?

[Reeza]

Show your code, log including the error and please start a new discussion.

[Kurt_Bremser]

For Windows, see here. For UNIX(Linux), just google the ln command.