I tried to open a file in SAS studio from a folder on the server where the filename contained a + sign as part of the filename. It said that it could not find the file and showed a filename with the + sign removed.
This looks like an old feature of SAS/Intrnet where + were stripped from values.
Is there a work around for this? Or am I forced to rename the file on the server before the SAS/Studio interface will let me edit it?
Hi @Tom,
If it's a Windows server, you could try to use the 8.3 file name (like PROGRA~1 for "Program Files"). The DOS command dir /x displays these names along with the usual names.
It is Unix server, but even if it where a Windows server I don't think that SAS/Studio would display the 8.3 name for me to click on.
Am wondering why you would have special characters in a path/filename? There are some general rules of thumb that have been around for a long time - don't use spaces or special characters in paths/filenames being one of those.
The file already exists and I just want to use the GUI to select it and edit.
This particular file is just a list of documentation of the files in the directory that I have been using for a long time. There are normally two of these files. _dir.sas which has one line per macro with the name and description and _dir+.sas which groups the individual macros into groups of related macros. So the + sign indicates that it is the value-added version of the basic file.
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