Date:         Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:10:26 -0400
Reply-To:     Randy Herbison <RandyHerbison@WESTAT.COM>
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From:         Randy Herbison <RandyHerbison@WESTAT.COM>
Subject:      FW: Update a catalog
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Just a quick follow-up:  The command will probably work only if SAS can
open a window.  It's not likely to work if SAS is started with the
NOTERMINAL option.  If you can use commands, you can issue all at once:

NOTEPAD work.new.test.source; INCLUDE "c:\temp\test.sas"; CHANGE class
shoes all; END

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Herbison
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:02 PM
To: 'Alan Churchill'; SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: RE: Update a catalog


Alan,

You can use the NOTEPAD command to open a source entry:

  NOTEPAD work.new.test.source

After the entry has been opened, you can use other commands:

INCLUDE "c:\temp\test.sas"

CHANGE class shoes all

You can issue more than one command at a time if you separate them with
semicolons.

As far as I know, this will open a window.  You can automatically close
it with the END command.

A data step alternative might be:

filename mySource catalog "work.new.test.source";

data _null_;
  infile "c:\temp\test.sas";
  input;
  file mySource;
  put _infile_;
run;

filename mySource clear;

-Randy

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu]
On Behalf Of Alan Churchill
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:17 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Update a catalog


All,



Is there any way to update a catalog entry from a command-line or some
other way vs using the editor? I need an automated method.



Thanks,

Alan



Alan Churchill
Savian "Bridging SAS and Microsoft Technologies"
<http://www.savian.net/> www.savian.net