Date:         Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:07:47 -0500
Reply-To:     David Dickinson <dickinsn@NOSPAM.URREA.ORG>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         David Dickinson <dickinsn@NOSPAM.URREA.ORG>
Organization: Ye 'Ol Disorganized NNTPCache groupie
Subject:      Re: WNT:  Using environment variables in LIBNAME statements
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try

libname u "\\server\share\%sysget(username)";

David

Jack Shoemaker wrote:

> Dear SAS-L,
>
> If my WNT username is 'shoe' and I have a folder called shoe in the
> '\\SERVER\Share' share, then I would like to make this LIBNAME statement
> work:
>
> libname u '\\SERVER\Share\%USERNAME%'; run;
>
> Trouble is, the above doesn't work for me under WNT4.0SP6 SAS 8.1.  Does
> anyone know the trick to de-reference the USERNAME environment variable so
> that it will work in a LIBNAME statement?
>
> TIA - Jack
>
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> Jack N Shoemaker / JShoemaker@Accordant.net
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