Date:         Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:54:49 -0500
Reply-To:     "Ravi, Prasad" <Prasad.Ravi@PFIZER.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Ravi, Prasad" <Prasad.Ravi@PFIZER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Zipped text files
Comments: To: "Richard.Simhon@CORNHILL.CO.UK" <Richard.Simhon@CORNHILL.CO.UK>
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         Try this.

         FILENAME fileref PIPE  'PKUNZIP -c zipfile txtfile';



-----Original Message-----
From: (richard Simhon) [mailto:Richard.Simhon@CORNHILL.CO.UK]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 10:10 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Zipped text files


All,

Can anyone tell me if I can create SAS data sets from zipped text files
without having to unzip the files themselves?
I'm using SASv6.12 on windows NT

Thanks in advance

Richard Simhon
Business Analyst
Allianz Cornhill



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