proc download

[shubham1]

%MACRO DOWNLOAD_BIB(DSN);

%chk_dir(dir=&path.\&DSN);

LIBNAME new "&path.\&DSN";

OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME=any;

signon Rsysv user="&_host_user" password="&_host_pass" noscript;

%SYSLPUT DSN=&DSN;

RSUBMIT;

OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME=any;

LIBNAME new "&DSN." DISP=SHR;

OPTIONS OBS=MAX;

 

PROC DOWNLOAD INLIB=new OUTLIB=new V6TRANSPORT;

RUN;

LIBNAME new CLEAR;

ENDRSUBMIT;

%MEND DOWNLOAD_BIB;

 

In this I am downloading SAS dataset from mainframe to windows

Macro variable path will have location where SAS dataset would be downloaded in windows

when I am ruuning the macro I am getting below error

ERROR: Cannot open data library new because it is uninitialized and user has has only read access.

can you help what is the error

[henning_munch]

If you want to write to "libname new" you have to allocate it with

LIBNAME new "&DSN." DISP=OLD;