Hi All,

Thanks Harry for the elaboration.

Harry does correctly describe how this works. On the other hand, due to sematics (the relationship of the meanings) to the mechanics Harry is right on, but in the context of people's general usage and purpose, the use of USER= in most users eyes is that it is entirely for the purpose of redirecting the use of the WORK library by means of the no-libref-one-level dataset naming conventions. While people use the USER= to "repoint" where their WORK library is, Harry is absolutely correct in that the single level dataset name will go to the USER library and that the WORK library remains actively pointing to the original location.

It is kinda like stating: 1) make three lefts to get to the grocery store. or 2) execute a -90 degree angle at the next three intersections to arrive at the grocery store.

There are those folks that want to know that the getting there was a net -270 degree operation, and some folks just want to get to the grocery store.

So I guess they are all correct to some degree and hopefully Harry and I covered most of the bases for the broad audience.

Thanks, Harry, for letting me be silly this morning. :o)

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Droogendyk, Harry Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:35 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: How to assign a different directory for the work folder

I don't believe this is correct. option user=xyz; simply allows one to refer to datasets from permanent datasets with a single level name, eg. without the libname. The following illustrates that work and the user= setting are two different beasts:

libname temp 'c:\temp';

options user = temp;

data a; i = 1; run;

data work.a; i = 3; run;

data b; set a work.a; run;

proc print data=b; run;

-----Original Message----- From: owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu [mailto:owner-sas-l@listserv.uga.edu] On Behalf Of Terjeson, Mark Sent: 2007, April, 03 10:31 AM To: Ankur Shanker; SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: RE: How to assign a different directory for the work folder

Hi Ankur,

I guess the first question is: permanently or temporarily?

To temporarily change the WORK folder you utilize the USER= option. e.g.

libname tmplib 'mytempfolder';

option user=tmplib; * redirect WORK datasets ;

data sample; a=1; run;

option user=work; * put it back to the default ;

To permanently change where the session work folder is you need to edit your config.sas or sasv#.cfg file and look for -WORK for setting the base location. Please note that each session will still generate a unique session folder name at that location.

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 Ankur Shanker Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:17 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: How to assign a different directory for the work folder

Hello Everyone!

I want to change the directory of the work folder from the default directory (/usr/tmp/SAS_workB91900004B5A_Evs01Sas03) to a new one. Is it possible in SAS9.1.3. We work on SAS using the linux server platform.

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