Date:         Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:55:02 -0700
Reply-To:     "Terjeson, Mark" <Mterjeson@RUSSELL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Terjeson, Mark" <Mterjeson@RUSSELL.COM>
Subject:      Re: A CONVERTION QUESTION FOR FORMAT CATALOG FROM PC TO UNIX
Comments: To: Rathindronath <mehedisas@YAHOO.COM>
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Hi,

Here is one method:  (presuming v8+)



    * dump PC format catalog to dataset on PC -- run this on PC ;
proc format cntlout=rawfmts;
run;


    * manually copy rawfmts.sas7bdat from PC to unix ;


    * rebuild format catalog on unix -- run this on unix ;
proc format cntlin=rawfmts;
run;




Hope this is helpful.


Mark Terjeson
Senior Programmer Analyst, IM&R
Russell Investment Group


Russell
Global Leaders in Multi-Manager Investing






-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Rathindronath
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:45 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: A CONVERTION QUESTION FOR FORMAT CATALOG FROM PC TO UNIX

I have a few formats Catalog written for PC SAS. But I cannot use them
for UNIX SAS. It gives me an error " FILE XXXX.Catalog was created for a
different operating system".
Will anyone be kind enough to help me converting this PC Format catalog
to Unix format Catalog?

Also I have one more question. How do I open a Format catalog to see the
contents? As far as I remember I need a few lines of codes. Can you
please help me out with this too?

Thanks in advance.