Hello everyone,
I want to create a sub-folder under WORK folder(temp folder),how to write SAS code to do this?
Thanks!
You can use the "new" DLCREATEDIR option and the PATHNAME function. If you want a FILEREF use PATHNAME again in a FILENAME statement.
Creating a subfolder requires using an operating system command. So the method will vary from operating system to operating system. SAS has methods that allow you to issue an operating system command, so this will be possible. The key question boils down to this:
Suppose you knew the folder that holds the WORK library. (SAS can retrieve that path.) We'll call that "WORK library folder". What operating system command would you issue to create the proper subfolder?
dcreate() function
%let newdir=my_new_subdir;
data _null_;
length command x $ 300;
x = pathname('work');
command = 'mkdir '!!trim(x)!!"/&newdir";
call system(command);
run;
You can use the "new" DLCREATEDIR option and the PATHNAME function. If you want a FILEREF use PATHNAME again in a FILENAME statement.
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