Date:         Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:01:33 -0500
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: path to executing file

"Evert Carton" <me@you.he> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.12.16.19.32.18.895404@you.he...
> Hi,
>
>
> Given the following;
>
> Directory structure:
>
> /path/to/sas/programs
>
> I'm currently in /path/to
>
> I want to execute a SAS/BASE-program, myprogram.sas, in programs, and I do
as such
> (assuming sas is in my PATH)
>
> sas sas/programs/myprogram.sas
>
> Now, is there any way, in SAS, for the SAS-program to find out where in
> the filesystem it does live, or how it is being referred to (in this case
> as "sas/programs/myprogram.sas") ?
>
> I know there is a macro variable, SASPROCESSNAME, which would in this case
say
> "Program ./sas/programs/myprogram.sas"
> But I would like the absolute path to the file ...
>
> Hope I make myself clear. The above explanation does of course reflect a
> UNIX-setup, but, ultimately, I'm looking for a Win2K-solution.
> Just so you know ... ;-)
>
> Thx
> Evert
>


I am unaware of SASPROCESSNAME macro variable, but
you can use filename and pathname to obtain absolute path given relative
path.

filename currdir ".";

%put %sysfunc(pathname(currdir));

filename currdir;


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Richard A. DeVenezia
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