Date:         Mon, 10 Jul 2000 16:43:26 GMT
Reply-To:     shiling@MATH.WAYNE.EDU
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From:         shiling@MATH.WAYNE.EDU
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Subject:      Re: proc datasets / proc copy

I think you are right about proc datasets/copy. I sometimes use host
'copy' or 'move' to duplicate/move a SAS file. But be careful with
indexed datasets.

A data step or proc append will also create a data set under the same
location.


In article <20000709205954.6436.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com>,
  Annie Chang <chang5a@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> I was surprised to find that in  SAS there is
> NO easy way to make a copy of datafile. In
> proc datasets / proc copy, you either have
> to copy dataset to a DIFFERENT library or
> change the name of the dataset. what I want
> is two identical datasets but with differnet names.
> or I missed something? (don't argue why i need this
> thing in the first place:) that is not the point)
>
> -ac
>
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