Date:         Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:16:37 -0500
Reply-To:     Randy Herbison <RandyHerbison@WESTAT.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Randy Herbison <RandyHerbison@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      Re: how to include the responsed result of X statement into Log w
              indow?
Comments: To: Zibao Zhang <zibaozhang@HOTMAIL.COM>
Content-Type: text/plain

Zibao,

Here are two ways to see the results of a host system command in the SAS
log:


52   data _null_;
53   rc=system('COPY c:\temp\test.txt c:\temp\test2.txt');
54   put rc=;
55   rc=system('NOCOMMAND');
56   put rc=;
57   run;

rc=0
rc=9009
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           7.07 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds


58
59   filename test pipe "copy c:\temp\test.txt c:\temp\test2.txt'";
60   data _null_;
61   infile test;
62   input;
63   put _infile_;
64   run;

NOTE: The infile TEST is:
      Unnamed Pipe Access Device,
      PROCESS=copy c:\temp\test.txt c:\temp\test2.txt',
      RECFM=V,LRECL=256

        1 file(s) copied.
NOTE: 1 record was read from the infile TEST.
      The minimum record length was 25.
      The maximum record length was 25.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.04 seconds
      cpu time            0.03 seconds


74   filename test pipe "badcopy c:\temp\test.txt c:\temp\test2.txt'";
75   data _null_;
76   infile test;
77   input;
78   put _infile_;
79   run;

NOTE: The infile TEST is:
      Unnamed Pipe Access Device,
      PROCESS=badcopy c:\temp\test.txt c:\temp\test2.txt',
      RECFM=V,LRECL=256

Stderr output:
'badcopy' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
NOTE: 0 records were read from the infile TEST.
NOTE: DATA statement used:
      real time           0.09 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds

RandyHerbison@westat.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Zibao Zhang [mailto:zibaozhang@HOTMAIL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 12:16 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: how to include the responsed result of X statement into Log window?


Hi all,

Is it possible to get the DOS command results as part of SAS log file? For
example,

data _null_;
    x " copy ....";
run;

When checking the log file, I couldn't find if the COPY command executed
successfully because there is no any infomation about result of this
command. i need the results of DOS command to decide the following
precessing.

Thanks in advance.

Zibao