Copying files from the SAS server to a NAS folder (sharedrive)

[Tal]

What's the best way to  move  SAS datasets  from the sas server to a  NAS  folder?

[Kurt_Bremser]

Have the NAS mounted on the SAS server, so you can directly establish a LIBNAME there.

[SASKiwi]

What OS is this happening on? Are you simply migrating your SAS data to new storage? If so then using OS tools will be an efficient way of moving multiple folders at once.

[Tal]

trying to  copy a  directory full  of sas  files to a   nas  folder.
tried:

  cp  /xx/yy/dir_name/*  \\Nabdc01sdprs01\x\y\z\temp

but not working . The  NAS folder path does not  get  recognized 

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

Your SAS server is running on UNIX, so it does not use Windows filename conventions (backslash!), and UNC names won't work.

To use a simple cp, the network share must be mounted on the UNIX filesystem.

Without mounting, you may be able to use sftp.