Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:37:50 +0100
Reply-To: peter.crawford@DB.COM
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: Peter Crawford <peter.crawford@DB.COM>
Subject: PROC CATALOG
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi Dianne
I don't think you can achieve what you want, without some change
Either
use logical catalog concatenation, which only arrives in SAS v7/8
or
rename two of those catalogs so you can identify them in a libname
concatenating the 3 folders
or
use separate libnames to identify each folder
The important thing before v7/8 is that you must be able to identify those
sasmacr catalogs individually. Then they may be merged into your work stored
macro catalog, using proc build, which has a catalog merge feature. You may
rename(subject to sas naming rules) with operating system utilities like
explorer. But you can't merge catalog entries without SAS software, because the
catalogs and catalog entries have a proprietary structure unknow to op.sys
utilities. So you have to identify each catalog to the SAS System. The only
"pointers" are libname and/or catname. If you don't want extra libnames, then
you must change the catnames from sasMacr to something unique.
If you want to merge the personal macro catalogs of all members of a team, say,
then perhaps your autoexec should include system() calls to copy all those to
one common folder, with unique names, solving both problems at once. A similar
situation might require merging a cascade of installation, application and user
catalogs.
Have you a solution to the question of which catalog should take precedence in
the merge, when a macro name appears in more than one sasMacr ?
Proc catalog copy: overwrites automatically.
Proc build merge: won't overwrite without the replace option.
good luck
Datum: 15.11.99 15:35
An: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu
Antwort an: J.Groeneveld@itgroups.com
Betreff: Re: PROC CATALOG
Nachrichtentext:
Dianne,
As far as I know by head compiled macros can only be contained in a single
file called SASMACRO.SC2 within any directory (libname). How would you dump
these compiled macros into one WORK.SASMACR catalog? I think, one would
overwrite the other, leaving you with only one of the three. This also
explains your experience. I think, you should leave them in their own
directory and let SAS search those directories. I am not sure whether you
can have SAS search for more than one compiled macro set. Using a single
set, but more directories with source code macros, I used the following
code:
OPTIONS nomrecall mautosource sasautos=(automac1 automac2 AutoMac3);
/* location of macro's */
filename automac1 "c:\sas\core\sasmacro";
filename automac2 "&StudyDir.\sasprog\macro";
FILENAME AutoMac3 'S:\Statistics\SAS\MACRO\STANDARD';
LIBNAME AutoMac0 "&StudyDir.\SASPROG\MACRO"; %* same as FILENAME AutoMac2;
OPTIONS MSTORED SASMSTORE=AutoMac0; %* For stored SAS macros;
RUN;
If you do succeed in searching three compiled macro catalogs, I think
duplicates are handled in the order first found, only used. That depends
from the search order you specify.
I hope this helps a little in finding out more of it yourself. Let me know
your final findings.
Regards - Jim.
--
Y. Groeneveld, MSc IMRO TRAMARKO tel. +31 412 407 070
senior statistician P.O. Box 1 fax. +31 412 407 080
5350 AA BERGHEM IMRO TRAMARKO: a CRO
J.Groeneveld@ITGroups.com the Netherlands in clinical research
"My job is to keep my computer working." - Jim Groeneveld
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwall@QBLM.QUINTILES.COM [SMTP:dwall@QBLM.QUINTILES.COM]
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 9:32 AM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: PROC CATALOG
>
> Dear SAS-L
>
> I am running SAS 6.12 on Windows NT...
>
> Suppose I have 3 directories, each containing the catalog
> SASMACR (containing macros).
>
> Suppose I have a LIBNAME pointing to these three directories.
> LIBNAME macros ('directory1', 'directory2', 'directory3');
>
> If I want to dump all these macros into the WORK.SASMACR
> catalog on the start-up of SAS, I would have to include a
> proc catalog statement in my AUTOEXEC.SAS. Right?
>
> When I run the proc catalog, it only includes the macros in the
> FIRST directory's SASMACR. It ignores the macros in the other
> two directories. Is there a way to get around this WITHOUT defining
> a separate libname for each directory, and running 3 proc catalog
> statements.
>
> Another thing, how does SAS handle duplicates. For example, if
> two different macros have the same name in two different catalogs,
> will the first always be over-written by the second?
>
> Thanks for your help in advance. I look forward to hearing from you.
> Dianne
