Date:         Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:13:55 +0000
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From:         toby dunn <tobydunn@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: configuring autoexec.sas & config files
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Shanks ,

Remember to always make back ups before you make changes:

Here is a starter paper:

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/267-30.pdf



Toby Dunn

When everything is coming at you all at once, your in the wrong lane.

A truly happy person is someone who can smile and enjoy the scenery on a
detour.





From: Shanks N <shanks.n@GMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: Shanks N <shanks.n@GMAIL.COM>
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: configuring autoexec.sas & config files
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:30:28 +0530

I have been tasked with modifying the CFG files in SAS versions 9.x &
8.2.

Rather than hosing the system, I thought I'd plug the changes into the
AUTOEXEC.SAS file.  This is just to set the email and smtp settings;
-EMAILID,PW & EMAILSYS parms.

This is on a WINXP box.

1.  Can the AUTOEXEC.SAS be put in the same place as the CFG file in
     NLS\en\ folder?

2.  In future, can the macros and fmtlibs file path also be plugged into
     the same? I put a line in the AUTOEXEC.SAS file
     -SET SASAUTOS {"c:\<project>\macros"}
     Going by the documentation,it appears that the above is searched
     last as the config files are read BEFORE AUTOEXEC.SAS.  Is my
     understanding correct?

3.  Assuming, I don't want to touch CFG file, can everything be done
     in the AUTOEXEC.SAS file?

4.  If I were to edit the CFG file, I need to make the changes before
     this line? i.e. it needs to look like this...

     -SET SASAUTOS {"c:\<project>\macros"}

    WARNING:  INSTALL Application edits below this line. User
             options should be added above this box comment.
             INSTALL Application maintains and modifies the
             following options; -SASAUTO, -SASHELP, -SASMSG
             ...

     & in this case, this macro path is seen BEFORE the system defined
     ones?

5.  Is it different for 8.2?

Going through the SAS help on this topic

Getting Started under Windows --> Files Used by SAS

is numbingly confusing, at least for me.

regards,
Shanks
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