1. I am using proc contents with ODs right now. My problem actually is I have so many different versions of highly similar code. Lucky me I started SAS codding with version 8 so I have taken advantage of the long file name, but still looking at and looking for files are dazzling.

2. If I can open up my direct to you, David, you will see high hierachcy of directies built already. I will go for the catalog or C++ idea eventually. For now Ian's %Let.... tip is simple and quick to go. Just have to build the infrastructure one file at a time.

Thank you for all your help.

Paula D "Fred Swisher" <freds@noaddress.com> wrote in message news:3oulotocutu4gs0hlolg05u6q1maa7tpb3@4ax.com... > I seem to remember 15 years or so ago, the log of the generating > proc/datastep was automatically kept in a header of the dataset. You > could view it with proc contents. It also had a table containing an > in depth set of descriptions for the dataset such as who/userid > generated it, number of mods/by whom, origin date, so on. I think > this was SAS 5.16. They quit doing this about ver 6.xx. > > I don't know why it does not do this anymore. > > On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 02:49:34 GMT, "pAyp" <pauladx@home.com> wrote: > > >I write more and more SAS code and one nagging problem is to track which > >version generate which data set. Is there any way to embed the code inside > >the data set so one click, instead of searching around the directory can > >bring the code? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Paula D > > >