Hi Ankur,

I guess the first question is: permanently or temporarily?

To temporarily change the WORK folder you utilize the USER= option. e.g.

libname tmplib 'mytempfolder';

option user=tmplib; * redirect WORK datasets ;

data sample; a=1; run;

option user=work; * put it back to the default ;

To permanently change where the session work folder is you need to edit your config.sas or sasv#.cfg file and look for -WORK for setting the base location. Please note that each session will still generate a unique session folder name at that location.

Hope this is helpful.

Mark Terjeson Senior Programmer Analyst, IM&R Russell Investment Group

Russell Global Leaders in Multi-Manager Investing

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ankur Shanker Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:17 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: How to assign a different directory for the work folder

Hello Everyone!

I want to change the directory of the work folder from the default directory (/usr/tmp/SAS_workB91900004B5A_Evs01Sas03) to a new one. Is it possible in SAS9.1.3. We work on SAS using the linux server platform.

Regards, Ankur Shanker ________________________________

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