Date:         Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:41:09 -0400
Reply-To:     "Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Richard A. DeVenezia" <radevenz@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: fileref() ,fileexit()....

"ben" <benpub7@YAHOO.COM> wrote in message
news:200308071823.h77INOa08350@listserv.cc.uga.edu...
> Hi,
> I assigned a file reference for a file on remote site:
> filename dds ftp "mmmm.xxx"
>          cd="xxx" user='xxxx' pass='xxxxx'
>          host='www.abc.com' recfm=v prompt;
>
> then I wanted to justify if the file is located or not with function
> fileref('dds') or fexist(..) ,fileexist(..).....it doesn't work.
> what goes wrong here?
>
> Thanks for your help.

You can run a data step to read the FTP file directory.
groups.google up
group:comp.soft-sys.sas read ftp directory

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