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BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
I have received N no of files to a folder so how to those files read a d copy those files into another backup folder dynamically
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japelin
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Is this a task that needs to be handled by SAS?

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

If they are SAS data sets, use PROC COPY.

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Paige Miller
BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
Xls csv files received to a folder so i want read and move into another backup folder
dynamically
japelin
Rhodochrosite | Level 12
If you really want to do it in SAS, you can use fcopy or something like that, but it is usually faster to do it with OS commands.
(xcopy, robocopy in Windows, cp in Linux, etc.)
BrahmanandaRao
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
Please give example xcopy robocopy
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

That would belong in a different forum, perhaps a Windows forum.

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Paige Miller

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