Possible to create a folder (in Windows) from SAS?

[Norris, Paul]

I'd like to programmatically create a destination folder for jobs that appe=
nds the datetime to the name of the folder.

Is it possible to create a folder in Windows from SAS and give it a name ge=
nerated in the SAS program?

Thanks,

Paul Norris
UCSF

[Joe Matise]

Yep.

x "md <directory name>"; (and of course use whatever macro variable in that
you want).

Use OPTION NOXWAIT, also.

-Joe

Post by Norris, Paul
I'd like to programmatically create a destination folder for jobs that
appends the datetime to the name of the folder.
Is it possible to create a folder in Windows from SAS and give it a name
generated in the SAS program?
Thanks,
Paul Norris
UCSF

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Post by Joe Matise
Yep.
x "md <directory name>"; (and of course use whatever macro variable in that
you want).
Use OPTION NOXWAIT, also.
-Joe

Post by Norris, Paul
I'd like to programmatically create a destination folder for jobs that
appends the datetime to the name of the folder.
Is it possible to create a folder in Windows from SAS and give it a name
generated in the SAS program?
Thanks,
Paul Norris
UCSF

This is a easy way for it
%Macro Verifica_Lib(Libreria,Ruta);
Data _Null_;
Call Symput('Destino',&Ruta||Compress('&Libreria'));
Run;
%Put &Destino;
%If (%SysFunc(LibRef(&Libreria))) Ne 0 %Then %Do;
%Put Verificando existencia de libreria;
%Put La libreira &Libreria No Existe;
%Put Se procederaa crearla;
Options DLCreateDir;
LibName &Libreria "&Destino";
%End;
%Else %Do;
%Put Verificando existencia de libreria;
%Put La libreira &Libreria existe;
%Put Se continuara el proceso;
%End;
%Error_Sas(Verificacion de Libreria local);
%MEnd Verifica_Lib;

[Shankar]

It might be better to do this using the function DCREATE;

data _null_;

length test $32;

/* test can be a data set variable */

test=strip('test1_' !! put(today(),best.));

NewDirectory=dcreate(test,'/local/u/abcdef/');

run;

If directory could not be created then NewDirectory would be empty;
Please see documentation;

thanks,
Shankar

[Adolfo Lopez]

Yes, the following command will create a directory using a macro variable.
You can define the variable in you SAS program prior to submitting this
line of code. FYI, this is submitted outside of the data step.


x mkdir &dirnam.;

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I'd like to programmatically create a destination folder for jobs that
appends the datetime to the name of the folder.

Is it possible to create a folder in Windows from SAS and give it a name
generated in the SAS program?

Thanks,

Paul Norris
UCSF




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[Nathaniel Wooding]

I have never used it but there is the V9 function

DCREATE (dirname,<pdir>) creates directory dirname under current working
directory or parent directory pdir; returns full pathname if
successful, null string if unscuccessful
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Post by Norris, Paul
I'd like to programmatically create a destination folder for jobs that
appends the datetime to the name of the folder.
Is it possible to create a folder in Windows from SAS and give it a name
generated in the SAS program?

Surely. In fact, I created an ugly macro for my Windows box:



%Macro DCreate ( Path = ) ;

Data _null_ ;

Length Path $ 500
Folder $ 100
;

Path = Scan( "&Path." , 1 , "\" ) ;

Do _n_ = 2 To CountC( "&Path." , "\" ) + 1 ;
Folder = Scan( "&Path." , _n_ , "\" ) ;
RC = DCreate( Folder , Path ) ;
Path = CatS( Path , "\" , Folder ) ;
If RC ne " " then put RC= ;
End ;

Run ;

%MEnd DCreate ;

HTH,

Kevin

[Joe Whitehurst]

V6 docs not available online, but V8 is: http://v8doc.sas.com/sashtml/ and
DCREATE is documented there.

Actually, DCREATE is a SAS Component Language function that has been around
since V6 in the early 1990's
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Nathaniel Wooding <

Post by Nathaniel Wooding
I have never used it but there is the V9 function
DCREATE (dirname,<pdir>) creates directory dirname under current working
directory or parent directory pdir; returns full pathname if
successful, null string if unscuccessful
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[Joe Whitehurst]

Actually, DCREATE is a SAS Component Language function that has been around
since V6 in the early 1990's

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Nathaniel Wooding <

Post by Nathaniel Wooding
I have never used it but there is the V9 function
DCREATE (dirname,<pdir>) creates directory dirname under current working
directory or parent directory pdir; returns full pathname if
successful, null string if unscuccessful
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[Nathaniel Wooding]

Joe

I'm not surprised that it has been around longer than V9.

I based my V9 comment on its being flagged as a V9 function in my copy of T=
S486 but since I have augmented TS486, I may also have introduced a typo or=
two.

Thanks for the correction.

Nat

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Subject: Re: Possible to create a folder (in Windows) from SAS?

V6 docs not available online, but V8 is: http://v8doc.sas.com/sashtml/ and =
DCREATE is documented there.
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Joe Whitehurst <***@gmail.com<m=
ailto:***@gmail.com>> wrote:
Actually, DCREATE is a SAS Component Language function that has been around=
since V6 in the early 1990's

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Nathaniel Wooding <***@dom.c=
om<mailto:***@dom.com>> wrote:
I have never used it but there is the V9 function

DCREATE (dirname,<pdir>) creates directory dirname under current working
directory or parent directory pdir; returns full pathname if
successful, null string if unscuccessful
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