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Re: Unix Script to execute SAS

Re: Unix Script to execute SAS  
Fehd, Ronald J. PHPPO
From:Fehd, Ronald J. PHPPO
Subject:Re: Unix Script to execute SAS
Date:21 Jan 05 22:24:33 GMT
> From: William Krause
>
> Do you have an example of a Unix Script that executes SAS and
> specifies the
> path/filename in the script which will be written to by means
> of only the
> fileref in the SAS program - file fileref; ? No filename
> statement will
> be hardcoded in the SAS program will be specified. This is
> from a ksh shell.

you are looking for the SAS option -sysin which names the file to
execute
see also -sysparm

sas -sysin ProgramA -sysin parameterValue

log is written to ProgramA.log
list is written to ProgramA.lst

PROC Options define value option = sysin;
PROC Options define value option = sysparm;

Ron Fehd the macro maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov

If you want creative workers,
give them enough time to play.
-- John Cleese, comic actor (1939- )
.... to play with invocation options
   

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