Date:         Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:28:13 +0100
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From:         Dietrich Alte <alte@UNI-GREIFSWALD.DE>
Organization: Institut für Epidemiologie & Sozi
              almedizin, EMA Uni Greifswald
Subject:      Re: Alternative to system command for SAS controlled PDF file
              transfer?
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I usually have options noxwait xsync.
I have also tried noxwait noxsync and the windows seem to stay a little
shorter then, but I don't want to see them at all.
Any ideas?

Dietrich

Andre Wielki wrote:

> Dietrich
> does options noxwait noxsync;
> have not the correct effect?
>
> HTH
> Andre
>
>
>  Alte a écrit :
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> from time to time I need to copy several 1000 (ca. up to 10000) PDF
>> files that reside in ~150 well structured subdirectories to another
>> location. As I select these out of about the double number of files by
>> date, I don't want to do that by hand, but let SAS do it.
>> Part of my program goes:
>>
>> data _null_;
>> set TEMP nobs=nobs;
>> format pct 3.0;
>> X_Cmd = compbl("copy
>> &TeleEKG\"||compress(Kartennummer)||"\"||compress(name)||"
>> &TEMP\"||compress(kartennummer)||"\"||compress(name));
>> pct = 100*_n_/nobs;
>> RC = system (X_Cmd);
>> run;
>>
>> Alas, the system command makes the DOS box showing up, and working is
>> then not possible for about an hour until the files are copied. Are
>> there any means inside SAS alternative to SYSTEM to copy files without
>> having the DOS box popping up?
>>
>> (WIN XP pro, SAS 9.1.3 SP3)
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dietrich
>>
>> --
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>  DIETRICH ALTE, Dipl.-Statistiker, Dr. rer. med.
>>  Institut für Epidemiologie & Sozialmedizin
>>  --> Studien-Management "Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)"
>>  EMA-Universität Greifswald - Medizinische Fakultät
>>  Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
>>  URL    www.medizin.uni-greifswald.de/epidem/
>>  Phone  ++49(0)3834-867713, Fax ++49(0)3834-866684
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>>
>
>

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 DIETRICH ALTE, Dipl.-Statistiker, Dr. rer. med.
 Institut für Epidemiologie & Sozialmedizin
 --> Studien-Management "Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)"
 EMA-Universität Greifswald - Medizinische Fakultät
 Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
 URL    www.medizin.uni-greifswald.de/epidem/
 Phone  ++49(0)3834-867713, Fax ++49(0)3834-866684
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