Good Day! I am using using SAS Essentials, by Elliot and Woodward, to get my feet wet with SAS. The following code displays a list of the data after importing the file somedata (in the directory it is somedata.sas7bdat): ******************************************************* * From SAS ESSENTIALS, Jossey Bass/Wiley * * (C) 2010 Elliott, Alan C. and Woodward, Wayne A. * *******************************************************; PROC DATASETS; CONTENTS DATA= "/folders/myfolders/sasdata/somedata"; RUN; However, the authors say to display information about all data sets in the sasdata library I should CONTENTS DATA= "/folders/myfolders/sasdata/somedata._ALL_";but I do PROC DATASETS; CONTENTS DATA= "/folders/myfolders/sasdata/sasdata._ALL_"; RUN; Log is: 1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK; 55 56 ******************************************************* 57 * From SAS ESSENTIALS, Jossey Bass/Wiley * 58 * (C) 2010 Elliott, Alan C. and Woodward, Wayne A. * 59 *******************************************************; 60 PROC DATASETS; 61 CONTENTS DATA= "/folders/myfolders/sasdata/sasdata._ALL_"; ERROR: Extension for physical file name "/folders/myfolders/sasdata/sasdata._ALL_" does not correspond to a valid member type. NOTE: Enter RUN; to continue or QUIT; to end the procedure. 62 RUN; NOTE: Statements not processed because of errors noted above. 63 64 65 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK; 77 Any suggestions? Most appreciative PS I am using SAS University ed on Windows 7 VM Virtual Box Manager
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