Date:         Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:37:25 -0800
Reply-To:     John Hendrickx <John2.Hendrickx@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         John Hendrickx <John2.Hendrickx@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Getting info about the Present Working directory
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On 14 feb, 00:27, google.bhec...@xoxy.net wrote:
> This version based on Chang's code places the path in a macrovariable:
>
> filename P PIPE 'cd';
> data _null_;
>  infile P;
>  input;
>  call symput('PWD', _infile_);
> run;
> %put _all_
Even shorter:

filename dummy '.';
%let pwd=%sysfunc(pathname(dummy));

Should work for unix as well.

Good luck,

John Hendrickx

Statistician
Clinquest Europe BV, Oss - The Netherlands
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