ods listing gpath='c:\figures' style=journal; GPATH directory for Mac

[SirCee]

Hi all,

Our professor gave us some notes on what i believe was from a Windows machine because of the 'c:\' directory.

This is the line of code.. 

ods listing gpath='c:\figures' style=journal;

when i enter the above code in my Mac, i get the error: 

ERROR: Cannot write image to SGprint. Please ensure that proper disk permissions are set.

Please help..

Thanks

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Are you using SAS University Edition? SAS On Demand for Academics?

Your own installation?

If you're using SAS UE then the path would be something like:

ods listing path = "/folders/myfolders/" ...;

But to be honest the listing (ODS LISTING) destination is not used very often as it's more of a plain text format. Usually HTML, PDF, WORD or EXCEL are the common output destinations these days. 

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@SirCee wrote:

Hi all,

Our professor gave us some notes on what i believe was from a Windows machine because of the 'c:\' directory.

This is the line of code.. 

ods listing gpath='c:\figures' style=journal;

when i enter the above code in my Mac, i get the error: 

ERROR: Cannot write image to SGprint. Please ensure that proper disk permissions are set.

Please help..

Thanks

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[SirCee]

Thank you Reeza for your reply! i am using the SAS onDemand for Academics.

Will give it a try 🙂

[Reeza]

Then the path will be:

ods listing path = "/home/yourUserName/" ...;

FYI to find the path of a folder, go to Servers Files and Folders, right click the folder/file and select properties. That will show you the path.

What this code does is save the path where the graphics are to be stored which isn't really useful anymore. It was used historically for HTML and LISTING as those destinations did not embed the images they just linked/referenced them as they don't support images directly. HTML5, PDF, Word and Excel all embed the images directly so this particular option isn't as used. It's also used primarily for the GRAPH (proc gchart) procedures while SG procedures (SGPLOT) is more useful and appropriate these days.

[SirCee]

Perfectly understood.

Thank you again for the tip 🙂 Appreciated!