I am using following sas code to read the file from the window host directory , is there any way that I can get the recently modified date and file size along with that ?     filename indir ftp cd= "&directory_window." ls user="&user_name_window." host= "&window_host." pass="&password_window." debug; data Files(where=(File_Name like "%akj%" and index(File_Name,'csv'))); infile indir; input File_Name $300.; put _INFILE_; run; - SAR ... View more

Hello Guys,   It's been few years since I started using SAS for different data management stuffs and analytics . so far in my experience I feel it is very easy to learn programming language/package for data oriented applications.   I see lot of similarities between SAS and Python when it comes to data handling , but unfortunately SAS is not that popular now a days comparatively . One of the main reason I have relaised is "COST" , SAS is not cost free like other languages , we need to pay and get license for all the packages and that stopping lot new programmers to pick SAS for ML applications (including me).   I would love to use SAS for different Machine learning application if it is free of cost !!!!!!   I believe some one from SAS team may see this , I want to know why SAS is not free of cost for everyone atlease base SAS , you can make money for all other modules!!! 🙂   WHY SAS IS NOT FREE OF COST ??? ... View more

I would like to read email from outlook exchange server , is there any way I can achieve this? ... View more

I am trying to read file from FTP site , but I am getting following error while doing import . can any one help?   NOTE: Unable to open parameter catalog: SASUSER.PARMS.PARMS.SLIST in update mode. Temporary parameter values will be saved to WORK.PARMS.PARMS.SLIST. ERROR: Open failed for file TEST ERROR: Import unsuccessful. See SAS Log for details.   filename test ftp 'S****.csv' cd = '/Home/abacb/' /*directory of file*/ host= 'sftp.com' user= 'uuuuu' pass = 'xxxxx' passive binary recfm=s ; ... View more