Date:         Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:16:55 +0000
Reply-To:     Samdoll Trek <sd_818@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Samdoll Trek <sd_818@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: schedule downloading in SAS
Comments: To: newarman@office.uncg.edu
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sorry, it is WIN/NT Package 4.0.

>From: "Nicholson Warman" <newarman@office.uncg.edu>
>To: <sd_818@HOTMAIL.COM>, <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: schedule downloading in SAS
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:12:39 -0500
>
>Unfortunately, BASE doesn't do scheduling in the fashion you want.
>
>Depending on the operating system of the computer you are using, there are
>scheduling packages on most if not all of them to allow you to define such
>a schedule.  You would put your program together, and then have the
>scheduler run SAS < your_file_goes_here on the frequency/at the time
>required.
>
>Without more information, such as computer (OS/390 vs. Windows 2000),
>helpful hints won't take you very far.
>
>
>
>====================
>
>Nicholson Warman
>Data Analysis Consultant
>Instructional & Research Computing
>235 Bryan Building
>UNC Greensboro
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>
>Marcus of B5:
>    "I've found that a kind word and a 2x4 are more effective
>      than a kind word alone."
>
> >>> Samdoll Trek <sd_818@HOTMAIL.COM> 1/24/2002 2:56:25 PM >>>
>hello, list, this must be a simple question, but i do not know how:
>can i tell sas to hit a URL, say, 'http://www......../data.exe ' every
>morning at 4:00 am to download the data called data.exe, and then run it to
>self-extract the data, and read the raw data (.dat file) into sas? can all
>these be done by only using SAS/BASE?
>TIA
>
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