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harrylui
Obsidian | Level 7

Good day everyone,

 

i am using below code to show my temporary library in my log.

 

proc datasets lib=work;
quit;run;

 

C:\Users\1234567\AppData\Local\Temp

 

can i place this path  to my libname  by using program?

 

like below

 

 libname "C:\Users\1234567\AppData\Local\Temp";

 

Best Regards,

Harry 

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

@harrylui wrote:

can i place this path  to my libname  by using program?

 

like below

 

 libname "C:\Users\1234567\AppData\Local\Temp";

 


Your statement is wrong. You have to give a name in the LIBNAME statement.

 

libname name "C:\users\1234567\appdata\local\temp";

Side comment: don't put user created data sets inside of APPDATA on Windows. Put them somewhere else, like DOCUMENTS, which is a place designed for user created data.

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Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

@harrylui wrote:

can i place this path  to my libname  by using program?

 

like below

 

 libname "C:\Users\1234567\AppData\Local\Temp";

 


Your statement is wrong. You have to give a name in the LIBNAME statement.

 

libname name "C:\users\1234567\appdata\local\temp";

Side comment: don't put user created data sets inside of APPDATA on Windows. Put them somewhere else, like DOCUMENTS, which is a place designed for user created data.

--
Paige Miller

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