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PROC REGISTRY < option(s) >;

PROC REGISTRY Statement

PROC REGISTRY < option(s) >;

Options

CLEARSASUSER

• erases the content of the SASUSER portion of the SAS registry.

COMPAREREG1= libname.registry- name -1

• specifies one of two registries to compare. The results appear in the SAS log.

• libname

  • is the name of the library in which the registry file resides.

• registry-name-1

  • is the name of the first registry.

• Requirement: Must be used with COMPAREREG2.

• Interaction: To specify a single key and all of its subkeys, specify the STARTAT= option.

• Featured in: Example 4 on page 858

COMPAREREG2= libname.registry-name-2

• specifies the second of two registries to compare. The results appear in the SAS log.

• libname

  • is the name of the library in which the registry file resides.

• registry-name-2

  • is the name of the second registry.

• Requirement: Must be used with COMPAREREG1.

• Featured in: Example 4 on page 858

COMPARETO= file-specification

• compares the contents of a file that contains registry information to a registry. It returns information about keys and values that it finds in the file that are not in the registry. It reports as differences

  • keys that are defined in the external file but not in the registry

  • value names for a given key that are in the external file but not in the registry

  • differences in the content of like-named values in like-named keys.

• COMPARETO= does not report as differences any keys and values that are in the registry but not in the file because the registry could easily be composed of pieces from many different files.

  • file-specification is one of the following:

• external-file

  • is the path and name of an external file that contains the registry information.

• fileref

  • is a fileref that has been assigned to an external file.

  • Requirement: You must have previously associated the fileref with an external file in a FILENAME statement, a FILENAME function, the Explorer window, or an appropriate operating environment command.

• Interaction: By default, PROC REGISTRY compares file-specification to the SASUSER portion of the registry. To compare file-specification to the SASHELP portion of the registry, specify the option USESASHELP.

• Featured in: Example 3 on page 857

• See also: For information about how to structure a file that contains registry information, see Creating Registry Files with the REGISTRY Procedure on page 852.

DEBUGON

• enables registry debugging by providing more descriptive log entries.

DEBUGOFF

• disables registry debugging.

EXPORT= file-specification

• writes the contents of a registry to the specified file, where

  • file-specification is one of the following:

• external-file

  • is the name of an external file that contains the registry information.

• fileref

  • is a fileref that has been assigned to an external file.

  • Requirement: You must have previously associated the fileref with an external file in a FILENAME statement, a FILENAME function, the Explorer window, or an appropriate operating environment command.

• If file-specification already exists, then PROC REGISTRY overwrites it. Otherwise, PROC REGISTRY creates the file.

• Interaction: By default, EXPORT= writes the SASUSER portion of the registry to the specified file. To write the SASHELP portion of the registry, specify the USESASHELP option. You must have write permission to the SASHELP library to use USESASHELP.

• Interaction: To export a single key and all of its subkeys, specify the STARTAT= option.

• Featured in: Example 2 on page 856

FULLSTATUS

• lists the keys, subkeys, and values that were added or deleted as a result of running the IMPORT= and the UNINSTALL options.

IMPORT= file-specification

• specifies the file to import into the SAS registry. PROC REGISTRY does not overwrite the existing registry. Instead, it updates the existing registry with the contents of the specified file.

  • Note: .sasxreg file extension is not required.

  • file-specification is one of the following:

• external-file

  • is the path and name of an external file that contains the registry information.

• fileref

  • is a fileref that has been assigned to an external file.

  • Requirement: You must have previously associated the fileref with an external file in a FILENAME statement, a FILENAME function, the Explorer window, or an appropriate operating environment command.

• Interaction: By default, IMPORT= imports the file to the SASUSER portion of the SAS registry. To import the file to the SASHELP portion of the registry, specify the USESASHELP option. You must have write permission to SASHELP to use USESASHELP.

• Interaction: To obtain additional information in the SAS log as you import a file, use FULLSTATUS.

• Featured in: Example 1 on page 855

• See also: For information about how to structure a file that contains registry information, see Creating Registry Files with the REGISTRY Procedure on page 852.

LIST

• writes the contents of the entire SAS registry to the SAS log.

• Interaction: To write a single key and all of its subkeys, use the STARTAT= option.

LISTHELP

• writes the contents of the SASHELP portion of the registry to the SAS log.

• Interaction: To write a single key and all of its subkeys, use the STARTAT= option.

LISTREG= libname.registry-name

• lists the contents of the specified registry in the log.

• libname

  • is the name of the library in which the registry file resides.

• registry-name

  • is the name of the registry.

  • Example:

    proc registry listreg='sashelp.regstry'; run;

• Interaction: To list a single key and all of its subkeys, use the STARTAT= option.

LISTUSER

• writes the contents of the SASUSER portion of the registry to the SAS log.

• Interaction: To write a single key and all of its subkeys, use the STARTAT= option.

• Featured in: Example 2 on page 856

STARTAT= key-name

• exports or writes the contents of a single key and all of its subkeys.

• Interaction: USE STARTAT= with the EXPORT=, LIST, LISTHELP, LISTUSER, COMPAREREG1=, COMPAREREG2= and the LISTREG option.

• Featured in: Example 4 on page 858

UNINSTALL= file-specification

• deletes from the specified registry all the keys and values that are in the specified file.

  • file-specification is one of the following:

• external-file

  • is the name of an external file that contains the keys and values to delete.

• fileref

  • is a fileref that has been assigned to an external file. To assign a fileref you can

    • use the Explorer Window

    • use the FILENAME statement. (For information about the FILENAME statement, see the section on statements in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary .)

• Interaction: By default, UNINSTALL deletes the keys and values from the SASUSER portion of the SAS registry. To delete the keys and values from the SASHELP portion of the registry, specify the USESASHELP option. You must have write permission to SASHELP to use this option.

• Interaction: Use FULLSTATUS to obtain additional information in the SAS log as you uninstall a registry.

• See also: For information about how to structure a file that contains registry information, see Creating Registry Files with the REGISTRY Procedure on page 852.

UPCASE

• uppercases all incoming key names.

USESASHELP

• performs the specified operation on the SASHELP portion of the SAS registry.

• Interaction: Use USESASHELP with the IMPORT=, EXPORT=, COMPARETO, or UNINSTALL option. To use USESASHELP with IMPORT= or UNINSTALL, you must have write permission to SASHELP.