Dear listers, i use sas v8 on pc connecting to a remote host unix with sas/connect. i use the remote library system to look at the datasets on the remote host. i can do it easily for permanent library, but it's complicate for looking at the datasets in the temporary work_area, because i don't know in advance how sas on the remote host name the temporary directory. A (not very satisfying) way to bypass the problem is 1) launching the connection 2)go to unix and take note on what is the name of the work-directory that sas has created 3)come back on the sas-pc and write on the program another remote libname statement. Can somebody suggest me an automatic way to manage this issue? thank you in advance ciro

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