Hello please help me to write x command to copy single file. using Base SAS 9.1
I have &dir resolves to w:\woo\finance\
and &fname resolves to send file name 09-18-2014.txt
and then i am using below x command to transfer the file
option noxwait;
data _null_;
x "copy &&dir..&fname \\server_path";
run;
this is not resolving to w:\woo\finance\send file name 09-18-2014.txt and file not getting transfer and giving warning message like
The quoted string currently being processed has become more than 262 characters long.
You may have unbalanced quotation marks.
can someone please help???????
If the path has spaces, it needs quotes around it as well. Find the command that works from the command line or a .bat file first then find a way to get SAS to accomplish the same.
Try using %sysexec if you want as well.
%sysexec copy "file path 1" "path 2";
x "copy &dir.&fname. \\server_path";
two .. in start had one resolve to w:\woo\finance\.send file name 09-18-2014.txt
If the path has spaces, it needs quotes around it as well. Find the command that works from the command line or a .bat file first then find a way to get SAS to accomplish the same.
Try using %sysexec if you want as well.
%sysexec copy "file path 1" "path 2";
Thanks Reeza & Ballardw...
x copy "&dir.&fname." "\\server path"; did work. Reeza, its good to know i can use %sysexec too...
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