Base SAS 9.1 Procedures Guide, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4

Overview: REGISTRY Procedure

The REGISTRY procedure maintains the SAS registry. The registry consists of two parts . One part is stored in the SASHELP library, and the other part is stored in the SASUSER library.

The REGISTRY procedure enables you to

• import registry files to populate the SASHELP and SASUSER registries

• export all or part of the registry to another file

• list the contents of the registry in the SAS log

• compare the contents of the registry to a file

• uninstall a registry file

• deliver detailed status information when a key or value will be overwritten or uninstalled

• clear out entries in the SASUSER registry

• validate that the registry exists

• list diagnostic information.