Export to ZIP file

[Ronein]

Hello
I want to export a data set with 2 million rows.
I want that the file we create will be compressed (ZIP)
I see that there was created a folder called "test.zip"  but there is no file inside

filename     _dataout    zip     "/path/test.zip";

proc export data=sashelp.cars
  outfile=_dataout
  dbms=csv replace;
run;

[Kurt_Bremser]

Please post the log of this code.

[Tom]

You didn't tell SAS what name to give the file. Just which directory (zip file) you wanted to write the file.

Either add the MEMNAME= option to the FILENAME statement

filename _dataout zip "/path/test.zip" memname='cars.csv';

or leave the fileref pointing to the directory and tell PROC EXPORT what name to use within the directory.

outfile=_dataout('cars.csv')

[Kurt_Bremser]

When testing the OP code on SAS 9.4M6 on AIX and copying the .zip file to Windows, I got a single member called "test" (no extension) in the zip file when opened with 7zip. Opening the .zip with just the Windows Explorer it looked empty.

Bottom line: never trust a Microsoft tool to get it right.