Dear SAS-L-ers,

Ken Barz posted the following: > For a given directory in Windows, how might I go about > creating a dataset with the name of each file in the > directory of a given extension (.xml)? > Ken, besides the stellar advice that you already got, you may find the following two papers of interest. I have recommended them often on the 'L because of their great utility. You may get some good ideas from either one.

Functionsize: Process Your External Files, Linda Libeg, SAS Global Forum 2007 http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/054-2007.pdf

Automatically Process a Varying Number of New Data Files From a "Data Directory", Michael A. Raithel, SUGI 30 http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/035-30.pdf

Ken, best of luck in all of your SAS endeavors!

I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future!

Of course, all of these opinions and insights are my own, and do not reflect those of my organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or methodologies specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes only and no warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or applicability. People deciding to use information in this posting do so at their own risk.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michael A. Raithel "The man who wrote the book on performance" E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com

Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment

Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172

Author: The Complete Guide to SAS Indexes http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=60409

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