Getting all sas nodes work files

[woo]

Hello friends,

i am using Linux redhat with SAS 9.4 + SAS EG with multiple nodes in grid environment,

we have temporary work area on each node we called "/workarea1" (exist on all nodes - not shared) my goal is getting list of all work directories (sas_work.... or sas_util...) at specific time from all sas node at once.

when i use below code, it only generating files from one specific node only (where it is being executing) - in EG is there any way to get all temporary work directories from all nodes?

filename ind pipe "dir /workarea1";

data file_list;

length fname $200;

infile ind truncover;

input fname $200.;

run;

appreciate your comment,

[boemskats]

Woo,

If you have terminal access to your GRID, you could configure passwordless ssh for your user between each of your nodes. You'll then get the collective output via something like this:

filename ind pipe "for tgt in gridnode1 gridnode2 gridnode3; do ssh $tgt 'dir /workarea1'; done";
data file_list;
  length fname $200;
  infile ind truncover;
  input fname $200.;
run;

[woo]

Thanks boemskats for your comment, I never configured "passwordless ssh" before but if this is something affecting any existing security - I wouldn't do it...just staying in compliance 🙂 - I that case then running job on individual node would make sense...