Date:         Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:09:12 +0100
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Subject:      Re: How can I read old SAS system file?
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On 9 Dec 03 22:30:05 GMT, pchoate@DDS.CA.GOV (Choate, Paul@DDS) wrote:

>That's a Unix or Mac V6 name - I'm not sure but you might try using a V6
>library engine....what's your platform?
>
>libname old  v6 '/match/peoplematch/';
>libname new     '/match/peoplematch/';
>
>   data new.crnlink;
>       set old.crnlink;
>   run;

Bad move, IME. Will work, of course, but the practice of matching V6
and v7+ datasets in the same directory usually ends in tears :-}

Personally I'd rename the old directory and copy them to a new one if
I wanted to preserve the location, or simply leave them as V6. There
are currently no plans, to  my knowledge, to drop support of the V6
engine.

Or will this go once one migrates from 32 to 64-bit SAS?

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