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Re: reading PGP encrypted files-w/SAS
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| | From: | Pardee, Roy | | Subject: | Re: reading PGP encrypted files-w/SAS | | Date: | 22 Jan 05 18:15:49 GMT |
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 | I'm tempted to say "no, sas can't do that", except every time I think that reading a post I'm amazed as the replies come in saying "sure--you just do thus & so".
But just in case you really can't do this w/sas, the approach I've taken is to do the decryption at the command line, which lets you specify > 1 file at a time (assuming they're all encrypted w/the same key). I've not used pgp in a while, but I would guess it would come with a command-line client. If not, you might give gpg a try--it's Free & largely compatible w/pgp. Grab it at www.gnupg.org.
HTH,
-Roy
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From: SAS(r) Discussion on behalf of nevin
Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 10:09 PM
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Subject: reading PGP encrypted files-w/SAS
Hello,
Does anyone know if it is possible to read a pgp encrypted excel file
using sas?
I have an excel file with data that i wish to analyze with
SAS..Normally i just decrypt the file by double clicking the file and
specifying a password..since some times i have several encrypted files
to read i was hoping i could somehow specify the password in a sas
program and use the pipe method to read the excel data. I am not sure
if this is possible, but have been surprised at the other things sas
can do that i would not have thought possible..Thanks for any help,
Nevin
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