SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts, Third Edition, Volumes 1 and 2

Referencing External Files with Other Access Methods

You can assign filerefs to external files that you access with the following FILENAME access methods:

Examples of how to use each method are shown in the following table:

Table 39.4: Referencing External Files with Other Access Methods

External File Task

Tool

Example

Assign a fileref to a SAS catalog that is an aggregate storage location.

FILENAME with CATALOG specifier

filename mycat catalog ' catalog ' < catalog-options >;

Assign a fileref to an external file accessed with FTP.

FILENAME with FTP specifier

filename myfile FTP ' external-file ' < ftp-options >;

Assign a fileref to an external file accessed by TCP/IP SOCKET in either client or server mode.

FILENAME with URL specifier

filename myfile SOCKET ' hostname: portno ' < tcpip-options >;

or

filename myfile SOCKET ' :portno ' SERVER < tcpip-options >;

Assign a fileref to an external file accessed by URL.

FILENAME with SOCKET specifier

filename myfile URL ' external-file ' < url-options >;

See SAS Language Reference: Dictionary for detailed information about each of these statements.

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