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utrocketeng
Quartz | Level 8

Is it possible to write a LIBNAME statement for an excel file in EG without locking it?  i just want to read in contents of the excel file; not lock it for read/write purpose. 

Proc Import is no longer an option as my environment is migrating from Windows to Linus.  I've read several posts about LibName locking files excel files, but i had not seen anyone ask if there was a option in the Libname statement to prevent the lock in the first place.

 

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utrocketeng
Quartz | Level 8

that currently is my plan...  thank you for the confirmation!

Reeza
Super User

You can also check the ACCESS=READONLY option:

 

libname census xlsx "path to file" access=readonly;
utrocketeng
Quartz | Level 8
I will try that tomorrow. Thank you.
utrocketeng
Quartz | Level 8

Reeza, i tried the 'access=readonly'; and the excel file was still locked.  i really do not care for excel.  😕

 

thank you again for the feedback!

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