can you reference a macro variable in libname

[siliconcreature]

Hi there,

can you make this code work?

%let dir = "C:\";
libname c &dir;

[siliconcreature]

I mean this works under sas/windows, but not working with sas UNIX

[RickM]

I haven't used UNIX in years (and never for SAS) but I thought UNIX uses the forward slash '/' for pathnames while the default in windows is the backslash( though it will accept the forward slash as valid) so try switching it in your program.

[DBailey]

Are you perhaps trying to get your unix server based sas to see a directory on your local windows machine? I don't think that will work unless the sas server can "see" your local machine. There are some technologies that can let that happen, but the path would not be "c:\", it would be however your local drive was mounted to the unix server.

[Ksharp]

How about:
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%let dir = C:\;
libname c "&dir";

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Ksharp

[Ksharp]

How about:
[pre]
%let dir = C:\;
libname c "&dir";

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Ksharp

[siliconcreature]

your way is working, thank you.

[PatrickG]

Yeah, don't use the double quotes. With the double quotes around it, the %let stores them (along with the good stuff inside) in the symbol table...

15 %let dir = "C:\";
16 %put &dir;
"C:\"