Date:         Thu, 15 Feb 2001 00:23:43 -0500
Reply-To:     Richard DeVenezia <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Richard DeVenezia <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Subject:      Re: UNIX SAS Datasets to PC SAS Datasets

Peter:

The latest V8 viewer definitely works cross platform.

Suppose you have a server that provides access to both PC and UNIX
Consider this scenario I have seen working.  Netware provides the common
resource, UNIX nfs mounts to the resource.
PC \\SomeServer\SomePath\<username>\sasdata mapped to S: drive
UNIX /net/someserver/somepath/<username>/sasdata

For each UNIX user add a libname to their autoexec.
LIBNAME WIN '/net/someserver/somepath/<username>/sasdata';

In SAS they simply store datasets in WIN library to be able to open them
with SAS viewer on the PC at drive S:\.  The local Excel or Minitab junkies
can then simply copy and paste.

Note: This solution may require UNIX SAS to be configured with -filelocks
none ( I believe necessary if access provider does not allow UNIX to stat or
fstat. )  -filelocks setting affects all librefs and could be hazardous to
your session when multiple sessions access the same dataset.  I believe V8.2
or 9 will support -filelocks option per individual library.

Of course, none of this helps Samir.

--
Richard DeVenezia - SAS Macros and AF Tools
http://www.devenezia.com

"Peter Crawford" <peter.crawford@DB.COM> wrote in message
news:OF383D910D.AF15E5AD-ON412569F3.007C73BC@db.com...
> With sas/connect the basic sas io in sas library CEDA engine (or sassfio
of v6.12) you would have read access inside a sas session.
> I think the latest edition of the sas system viewer would provide a
(networked if necessary)view of the data, without even requiring a sas
licence, let alone any sas procedure !!
>
>
> Datum:         12.02.2001 22:01
> An:            SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu
>
>
>
>
> Antwort an:    sqmishra@acm.org
>
> Betreff:       UNIX SAS Datasets to PC SAS Datasets
> Nachrichtentext:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Thanks in advance for any help I get.
>
> I have a couple of SAS datasets in a UNIX environment created using SAS
Ver.
> 6.12. We're 'upgrading' to SAS on the PC Ver. 8 and I need to get access
to
> pre-existing datafiles. I know about SAS XPORT, but is there a simpler way
> to do this? The new old files are in a different geographical location
with
> a slow connection, firewall, etc.
>
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to copy them over to the PC!
>
> Samir.
> sqmishra@acm.org
>
>
>
>
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