error defining a library

[chitrajeth]

LIBNAME pg1 base ""/home/u60593001/EPG1V2/data/"

ERROR: libref PG1 is not assigned.

ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name OPTIONS

showing this error.. how to fix it

[ballardw]

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@chitrajeth wrote:

LIBNAME pg1 base ""/home/u60593001/EPG1V2/data/"

ERROR: libref PG1 is not assigned.

ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name OPTIONS

showing this error.. how to fix it

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If that is indeed what you used for code there are too many quotes at the beginning. There should be either one single quote or one double quote (the same type) before and after the path.

[PaigeMiller]

And there needs to be a semi-colon after the LIBNAME command

And there is no BASE engine that I know of (although maybe there is when you use operating systems that I have never used).

[chitrajeth]

Still showing the error

[Amir]

Hi @chitrajeth,

You appear to have too many quotes at the start of the library path. Try again after removing one of the quotes at the start of the path.

Kind regards,

Amir.

[chitrajeth]

still showing the same error

[AMSAS · Accepted solution]

Try this, but be warned if you are running interactive SAS you might need to restart your session to correct unbalanced quotes.

LIBNAME pg1 base "/home/u60593001/EPG1V2/data/" ;

[chitrajeth]

LIBNAME pg1 "/home/u60593001/EPG1V2/data/"

ERROR: Libref PG1 is not assigned.
ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name OPTIONS.

same error

[chitrajeth]

Thank you so much.. It worked 🙂

[Amir]

Hi @chitrajeth,

If none of the responses given so far help, then I suggest you post more of your log using the "</>" (Insert Code) icon, showing some lines before and after the libname statement, as one of the errors refers to "options" which is not in the code you have posted:

ERROR 22-7: Invalid option name OPTIONS

Kind regards,

Amir.