Date:         Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:36:23 -0500
Reply-To:     "Richard W. Graham" <glencairnconsulting@earthlink.net>
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Comments:     To: ciro baldi <baldi@ISTAT.IT>
From:         "Richard W. Graham" <glencairnconsulting@EARTHLINK.NET>
Organization: Glencairn Consulting Group
Subject:      Re: sas/connect question
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Ciro,

You can use the SLIBREF option on the LIBNAME statement...

libname remwork  slibref=work server=<remote id>;

Where remote id = the id of the remote connect session;

HTH

Richard Graham
Glencairn Consulting Group

----- Original Message -----
From: "ciro baldi" <baldi@ISTAT.IT>
To: <SAS-L@LISTSERV.VT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 6:44 AM
Subject: sas/connect question


> 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
>
> Ciro Baldi
> ISTAT - OCC
> Via Tuscolana, 1788
> 00173 Roma
> Italia
> Tel. +39-06-72976283
> E-mail baldi@istat.it
>