Need to pass the sas datasets to a application - will only take sas datasets ... View more

Thank you. Any thoughts on using SAS to UNTAR remotely? From server X UNTAR tgz on server Y? Below is a similar post - but i receive an '?invalid command' for the 'tar' put. Otherwise commands such as ls and pwd work fine.   https://support.sas.com/kb/25/211.html   data _null_; file ftpcmds pad lrecl=200; put "user USERX PASSX"; put "cd LOCATIONX"; put 'tar -xz --directory="." -f "FILEA.tgz"'; run; filename doftp pipe "ftp -n &host < &ftpcmds"; data _null_; infile doftp; input; put _infile_; run;       ... View more

A co-worker suggested the following.... Processing appears to work. The file is slightly larger after transfer - per the UNTAR process - 'garbage' added to end of file. PROC COMPARE indicates the datasets within the .TGZ align - are the same.   %macro mv(file=);    filename indir   ftp 'LOCATIONX' DIR host="SERVERX" user="USERX"  pass="PASSX" prompt binary debug;    filename outdir ftp 'LOCATIONY' DIR host="SERVERY" user="USERY"  pass="PASSY" prompt binary debug;    data _null_;          infile indir(&file) ;          input;          file outdir(&file);          put _infile_;      run; %mend mv; %mv(file=FILEA.tgz);   I believe the approach is based on a SAS.com post. Your thoughts/opinions? ... View more

Sas Studio 3.8 SAS release: 9.04.01M6 ... View more

I can use X commands SAS 9.4 Yes - programmer ... View more