Date:         Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:45:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Ya Huang <ya.huang@AGOURON.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Ya Huang <ya.huang@AGOURON.COM>
Subject:      Re: De-referencing system info
Comments: To: Nick Paszty <npaszty@ORGANIC.COM>
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How about ?

data _null_;
 set sashelp.vslib;
if libname='test' then call symput('dir',path);

Regards,

Ya Huang
Nick Paszty wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> PC, V8.0.
>
> Is there a way to de-reference the absolute path of a given user defined
> library? If
>
> libname test 'c:\test';
>
> then is the string 'c:\test' accessible so that it could be assigned to a
> macro var.  For example;
>
> If libref='test' then call symput('dir','libref-path');
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick