SAS Tip: Find the name of the current running SAS program (Daily tip for 2025-Dec-27)


The name and location of the currently executing SAS program can automatically be displayed along with the output that it generates through the use of the SAS_EXECFILEPATH environmental variable.


Thanks to Art Carpenter and Mary Rosenbloom for this tip. Read more details in this paper from WUSS 2017: I've Got to Hand It to You: Portable Programming Techniques.

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