Date:         Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:23:32 -0500
Reply-To:     "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Fehd, Ronald J." <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: DOS copy command with %sysexec
Comments: To: Talbot Michael Katz <TopKatz@MSN.COM>
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> From: Talbot Michael Katz [mailto:TopKatz@MSN.COM]
[BIG snippage occurs]
> So, my next question is, does anyone know a slicker
> way to run an existing program remotely without having to
> copy and paste?

Uh, well, how big of a hammer do you want to use on this?
my kludge would be:
1. read the program into a SAS data set:
DATA SASPGM;
infile 'program.sas' lrecl-72 pad;
input @1 Line $char72.;

2. upload the data_set==program
3. write it to a temp-file;
4. %include temp-file;

Ron Fehd  the macro maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
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