Date:         Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:25:48 GMT
Reply-To:     Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu@UCHICAGO.EDU>
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From:         Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu@UCHICAGO.EDU>
Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com
Subject:      Re: I don't get %sysexec
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:44:18 -0500, Richard A. DeVenezia wrote:

> Stuart Luppescu wrote:
>> I'm having terrible trouble getting %sysexec to work.
>> I have these lines of code (SAS 8.2 on SunOS 5.9):
>>    %if &passed=no %then %do;
>>     %put =-=-=-= School &&schl Failed Inclusion Criterion =-=-=-=-= ;
>>     %sysexec /usr/bin/cp -f &pspath/&themeas.csys.ps.gz
>>     &pspath/&&schl/&themeas.c&&schl..ps.gz; run;
>>     %put =-=-=-= File  copied &pspath/&themeas.csys.ps.gz to
>>   &pspath/&&schl/&themeas.c&&schl..ps.gz; %end;
>>
>> The log shows this (slightly edited for brevity):
>>
> snip
>> anyone
>> have any idea what's happening?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> I dont like the &&schl.
> && is typically used in context such as &&foo&i
> &&& is for multiple indirect (value of macro var named in macro var)

I think I used &&schl because schl is a macro parameter in a surrounding
macro. I don't know if it's necessary or not, but it doesn't hurt.

> For debugging purposes, perhaps preevaluate the source and destination
> %let source =...
> %let dest =...
> %sysexec cp ... &src &dest

Good suggestion, but it doesn't change anything. The src and dest paths
are fine.
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