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Mirisage
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi SAS Forum,

I wanted to get a list of the names of all SAS data files (no need variable list or file zise) in one of my folders. I have several hundred files there. Need to get a printout of the file names only

I did the following.

1.    1) I defined the libname.

libname abcd……………………;

2.    2) Gave this command

proc print data  =  sashelp.vtable (where = (libname="abcd")) noobs;

  var memname nobs nvar;

run;

Q: It is taking ages. Is there any other alternative?

Thanks

Miris

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Peter_C
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

LIBNAME URLIB "PATH TO YOUR FOLDER" ACCESS= READONLY ;

PROC DATASETS LIBRARY= URLIB ;

RUN;

QUIT;

This will list all SAS file types along with their sizes. Should a table have indexes the filesize for the indexes will also appear.

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CTorres
Quartz | Level 8

1. Define the LIBNAME

2. Use PROC CONTENTS.

Reeza
Super User

If you take a quick look at the SASHELP.VTABLE you'll notice that all library names are stored as upper case, so I'd assume your query wouldn't return anything.

ods table Members=List_files;

proc datasets library=mis ;

run;quit;

Astounding
PROC Star

If I'm not wrong ...

The "v" in "vtable" means "view".  So every time you use it, it has to re-create the list of all data set information.  You might find it faster to use PROC SQL and to extract comparable information from DICTIONARY.TABLES.

Good luck.

Peter_C
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

LIBNAME URLIB "PATH TO YOUR FOLDER" ACCESS= READONLY ;

PROC DATASETS LIBRARY= URLIB ;

RUN;

QUIT;

This will list all SAS file types along with their sizes. Should a table have indexes the filesize for the indexes will also appear.

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