the base function pathname() may deliver what you want...> write the output to "%sysfunc( pathname( work )).output.txt" It works when tested on my winNT platform

Datum: 28.02.2000 18:33 An: SAS-L@listserv.uga.edu

Antwort an: hmay@dolphin.upenn.edu

Betreff: Acquiring WORK library path Nachrichtentext:

Can anyone suggest a way to acquire and save the pathname for the current WORK library as a macro variable?

A macro i'm writing stores output to a file then creates a dataset from that file. I want the output file to be written to the current WORK library so I don't have to worry about drive letters, disk access, etc.

Currently, the macro writes the file to 'c:\output.txt' and then removes it with FDELETE. Unfortunately, this makes the macro system specific. I would prefer to write the output to "&WORKLIB.output.txt".

Thanks for your help,

-- _______________________________________________________________ Henry May Doctoral Student Policy Research, Evaluation, and Measurement Graduate School of Education University of Pennsylvania