Is that possible for SAS using genmax to generate generation file for external file?

[GeorgeSAS]

Hello,

Is that possible to generate generation file for external file(not sas dataset)??

libname mylib "c:\temp\";
data mylib.a12321 (genmax=10);/*this works for SAS dataset*/
   x=1;
   output;
run;




filename gen_file "c:\temp\a_generation_file";/*this is external file,need generation file like sas dataset above */

data _null_;
time=time();
file gen_file(genmax=10);/*the genmax needed here,not works so far*/
put time;
format time time9.;
run;
 

Thanks!

[Kurt_Bremser]

No, but you can write SAS code that determines a new name within a sequence, so you can build the generation files yourself.

[GeorgeSAS]

Thank you!