copying files from one UNIX dir to another from within EG SAS 7.1

[Tal]

I see no errors in the logs but  the  file  just not copying  into the second  folder

Is this the right command?

x "copy /x/y/z/deals&FOLDERNAME..txt

/xx/yy/zz/deals&FOLDERNAME..txt" ;

[Jagadishkatam · Accepted solution]

I believe you should use 'cp' command

x "cp /x/y/z/deals&FOLDERNAME..txt /xx/yy/zz" ;

[Tal]

Thank you 🙂

[Kurt_Bremser]

If you use the X statement, you should check the automatic macro variable &sysrc afterwards to see if the command succeeded.

To make the responses from the command visible in SAS, use the filename pipe method:

filename oscmd pipe "cp /x/y/z/deals&FOLDERNAME..txt /xx/yy/zz/deals&FOLDERNAME..txt 2>&1";

data responses;
length response $256;
infile oscmd;
input;
response = _infile_;
put _infile_;
run;

This will keep the responses both in the dataset and the SAS log.

The "2>&1" construct redirects error output into the pipe.

[Ksharp]

Or try FCOPY() function .