Date:         Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:47:28 -0600
Reply-To:     "Gregg P. Snell" <gsnell@DATASAVANTCONSULTING.COM>
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From:         "Gregg P. Snell" <gsnell@DATASAVANTCONSULTING.COM>
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Subject:      Re: SAS Get computer name
Comments: To: Venky Chakravarthy <swovcc@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Venky,

From the online doc:

Syntax
SYSGET('environment-variable')

and 'hostname' is a command, not an environment variable.  That is why the
pipe works.

Regards,
Gregg Snell

-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Venky
Chakravarthy
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:38 PM
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Subject: Re: SAS Get computer name

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:14:10 -0500, Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)
<rjf2@CDC.GOV> wrote:

>> From: webonomic
>
>> I've been trying to find how to get the value of my computer name
>> (for windows machines).  I think it has something to do with system
>> functions.
>>
>> All I found so far is how to get the system environment using
>>
>> &sysscpl
>>
>> Can anyone please let me know how to get the value of a windows
>> computer name?  Anyone have any resources or cheat sheets with
>> similar functions / variables / options that they can point me to?
>
>and from within sas:
>
>%Put computername<%sysget(computername)>;
>
>Ron Fehd  the e-var maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot gov


Interesting. I was under the impression that HOSTNAME is the O/S command for
Windows to get the computername. However it puzzles me as to why

%Put computername<%sysget(hostname)>;

fails while the following works.

filename getinfo PIPE "hostname" ;
data _null_ ;
  infile getinfo ;
  input ;
  put _infile_ ;
run ;

If I change HOSTNAME to COMPUTERNAME in the filename statement, the data
step fails.

Why? Anyone?

Venky Chakravarthy