Ciao Ciro, try this... quicker than the other solution proposed...

%let serv=xxx.yyy.www.zzz; options comamid=tcp remote=serv; filename rlink 'tcpunix.scr'; signon;

libname rwork slibref=work server=serv

This will assign a RLS library called rwork mapped to your remote work libray, no questions asked.

Kind Regards, Francesco Marelli Nemesi Ltd. United Kingdom

"ciro baldi" <baldi@istat.it> wrote in message news:3C19E60D.EEC9318D@istat.it... > 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