Issue running a .cmd file using %sysexec.

[KJ_SAS]

I have a file called outer.cmd. That file calls inner.cmd. I use the %sysexec command to call outer.cmd. However I recieve the error "inner.cmd is not recognized as an internal or external command" when SAS 9.3 runs the outer program. Is there a way around this?   

[LinusH]

Does it work if call outer outside SAS (from the same directory/user/etc)?

[KJ_SAS]

The outer.cmd file calls and runs the inner.cmd file correctly if I run it outside SAS.

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

My first guess would be to use fully qualified path names in the outer.cmd. inner.cmd is probably in a place not included in your %path%.

[KJ_SAS]

Thank you. This suggestion fixed my issue. Even though both files are in the same folder calling the inner file like " call inner.cmd" didn't work. Instead I needed to call it like so " call "C:\Users\user\Documents\inner.cmd"  ". 

[Kurt_Bremser]

You probably used a fully qualified path name for outer.cmd. But that does not imply a change directory to its location. UNIX shell scripts do often extract the path from the called commandline and change to it for that reason.