How do I resolve macro variables as part of pipedir

[Ryanb2]

I found the code below (originally without any of the macro code) that inventories directories and it's lightning quick.  I want to turn it into a macro so I can call it when I need it, but when I put the &path in place of the literal path it resolves as &path rather than inserting the path I called in the macro.  I tried switching the single and double quotes and it looks like &path resolves to the correct path but now the coding doesn't work (Stderr output: The specified path is invalid.).  It works perfectly when I just paste the path into the code.  What can I do to turn this into a macro?

Thanks. 

%macro get_file_info(path); /* http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings12/058-2012.pdf */
filename pipedir pipe ' dir "I:\VRBIS\TransaxAchieve-UCD" /S' lrecl=5000;
/* filename pipedir pipe ' dir "&path" /S' lrecl=5000;*/
data indata;
infile pipedir truncover;
input line $char1000.;
length directory $1000;
retain directory;
if line =' ' or
index(upcase(line),'<DIR>') or
left(upcase(line))=:'VOLUME' then
delete;
if left(upcase(line))=:'DIRECTORY OF' then
directory=left(substr(line,index(upcase(line),'DIRECTORY OF')+12));
if left(upcase(line))=:'DIRECTORY OF' then
delete;
if input(substr(line,1,10),?? mmddyy10.) = . then
substr(line,1,10)='12/31/2999';
date=input(substr(line,1,10),?? mmddyy10.);
format date mmddyy10.;
run;

proc sort data=indata;
by directory descending date;
run;

data Directory_Summary(drop=i line);
set indata;
by directory;
length filename $75;
retain number_of_files_in_directory directory_size;
if first.directory then
do;
number_of_files_in_directory=input(scan(line,2,' '),32.);
directory_size=input(scan(line,4,' '),comma32.);
end;
file_size=input(scan(line,4,' '),comma32.);
filename=' ';
do i=5 to 100;
filename=trim(left(filename))||' '||scan(line,i,' ');
if scan(line,i,' ')=' ' then
leave;
end;
if index(upcase(line),'FILE(S)') then
delete;
if date ge '30DEC2999'd then
delete;
run;
%mend get_file_info;

/*%include 'H:\SAS code\Directory_summary.sas';*/
%get_file_info(I:\VRBIS\TransaxAchieve-UCD);

[rogerjdeangelis]

I created your directory

Does this help

%macro get_file_info(path);

   filename pipedir pipe &path lrecl=5000;
   data _null_;
     infile pipedir;
     input;
     putlog _infile_;
   run;quit;
   filename pipedir clear;

%mend get_file_info;

%get_file_info('dir d:\VRBIS\TransaxAchieve-UCD /S');


 Directory of d:\VRBIS\TransaxAchieve-UCD

04/06/2017  07:45 PM    <DIR>          .
04/06/2017  07:45 PM    <DIR>          ..
04/06/2017  07:45 PM           131,072 class1.sas7bdat
04/06/2017  07:45 PM           131,072 class2.sas7bdat
               2 File(s)        262,144 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               2 File(s)        262,144 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  248,515,031,040 bytes free

[Ryanb2]

Thanks Roger. I tried the code and for some reason it doesn't work. It's error-free but it results in zero records read. Thanks for the reply.

[Reeza]

Try reversing your quotes, switch the double with the single and single with double. 

Macro variables don't resolve in single quotes and your outer quotes are single.

%macro sample(path);

%put "This is my '&path'";

%mend;

%sample(This is the path);

[Ryanb2]

Thanks Reeza. I tried that earlier and the path does resolve but the code doesn't work the same. The log indicates the path is invalid.

[Ksharp · Accepted solution]

filename pipedir pipe %sysfunc(quote( dir "&path" /S  )) lrecl=5000;

[Ryanb2]

Thanks Ksharp!  It worked like a charm.