Date:         Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:37:39 +1300
Reply-To:     Mark Bodt <markbodt@STSS.CO.NZ>
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From:         Mark Bodt <markbodt@STSS.CO.NZ>
Subject:      Re: SAS 8 default directory
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At 15:10 24/01/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>        I'm wondering how I can set the default directory that SAS points
>to when I click on File > Open.  Right now, it keeps defaulting to
>something nested six or seven deep in a Windows directory, and I have a
>'documents' directory that I want it to point to.
>        I found something under Tools > Options > System, and then under
>Environmental Control > Files > Set.  I tried to right click on Set and
>modify it, but while it will let me delete things, it won't let me add
>anything.  It also seems to be very complicated, and I'm concerned about
>breaking something.  I can't seem to find a simple switch to alter what
>the default directory is, but have so far been rather frustrated in the
>attempts.
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>Rob Bowell
>User Services Support Specialist/Info Ctr Manager
>Busch Campus, Hill Center, Room 127
>Phone: 732-445-2464/Fax: 732-445-2021
>bowell@nbcs.rutgers.edu
>
>

Rob,

Assuming you are using SAS on a Windows platform (I beleive there are
similar options for other platforms):

In your config file (SASV8.cfg) for Version 8, add the option:

/*Set the default folder                                        */
-SASINITIALFOLDER "D:\SAS"

replace "D:\SAS" with whatever default folder you want to use.

This startup option is documented in the OnlineHelp under: BASE-Host
specific information - Microsfoft Windows-features of the SAS language-
System options- SASINITIALFOLDER

HTH

Mark

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