Date:         Sat, 1 Nov 1997 09:59:42 -0800
Reply-To:     "kmself@ix.netcom.com" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Organization: Self Analysis
Subject:      Re: Command Line Argument/Build A File Name
Comments: To: "irubin@erols.com" <irubin@erols.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Your solution will vary by operating system.  For Unix and PC
environments, you can specify options following the invocation command:
 
sas -altlog myalternate.log
 
I have a Unix invocation script for interactive SAS sessions which uses
the 'date' command to build a timestamped log.  You may need to modify it
for your own purposes and/or system:
 
-------------------< cut here >-------------------
#!/bin/ksh
# Interactive SAS Invocation script
# Default/Initializations
 
# ...argument list (for SAS)
arglist=$*
 
# ...date & time for logfile name
datetime="`date +%C%y%m%d.%H%M%S`"
 
#------------------------------------------------------------
## Main
#------------------------------------------------------------
 
# Launch SAS
( $SASEXEC -altlog ~/sasuser/log.$datetime $arglist ) &
 
# Delete altlog files older than 30 days.  Problems to /dev/null.
( find $HOME/sasuser \( -type d ! -name sasuser -prune \) \
   -o \( -name log.\* -mtime +30 -print \) \
   | xargs rm ) \
   2> /dev/null &
-------------------< cut here >-------------------
 
 
On Saturday, November 01, 1997 12:43 PM, irubin [SMTP:irubin@erols.com]
wrote:
> Tom,
>
> I had a similar problem trying to set up an alternative log (ALTLOG
> option)
> with a name of the file reflecting the current date. I gave up on that
> too
> and had a few conversations with SAS tech support.  The verdict is "NOT
> POSSIBLE".
>
> Eric Rubin
>
> ----------
> > From: TomPBarry <tompbarry@AOL.COM>
> > To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Command Line Argument/Build A File Name
> > Date: Friday, October 31, 1997 7:19 PM
> >
> > I am wondering if there is a way to pass a value to a SAS routine from
> > the command line as in:  sas myprog 19970910
> >
> > And if so, how can I use that value (19970920) to build an output
> > file name as in:
> >
> > data temp;
> >  set outdata;
> >  file ?????;
> >  put d1 1-2 d2 3-4;
> >  run;
> >
> > where ????? is the file name : out19970920
> >
> > I've spent hours on this and I give up!!!
> >
> > Tom
 
 
 
Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com)
 
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