An example of letting SYSFUNC(QUOTE double up your double quotes.

1142 %let clientPath=C:\Program Files\SAS; 1143 %let ClientHistoryPath=; 1144 %let SAScfg=&ClientPath.\Client.cfg; 1145 %put NOTE: SYSTASK command %sysfunc(quote("C:\SAS\SAS" -input "&ClientPath.\step1.sas" -log 1145! "&ClientHistoryPath.\log\step1.txt" 1146 -autoexec "&ClientPath.\autoexec.sas" -config "&SAScfg")) mname=Taskname status=Taskrc;

NOTE: SYSTASK command """C:\SAS\SAS"" -input ""C:\Program Files\SAS\step1.sas"" -log ""\log\step1.txt"" -autoexec ""C:\Program Files\SAS\autoexec.sas"" -config ""C:\Program Files\SAS\Client.cfg""" mname=Taskname status=Taskrc

this allows you to get macro variables resolved but you don't have all those double double quotes, the quote function make them for you. Of couse you won't use %PUT but actully execute the systask statement.

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Steve James <spj1@cdc.gov> wrote: > Look at http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/021-30.pdf and see if > that's helpful. Seems to have a lot of interesting features. I will > say that I can get the example working without problems, but moving it > to a structure where the folder names contains blanks (e.g. "My SAS > Files") has taken a lot of modifications to the code, and I've still > not gotten it down right. > > Steve > > > On Feb 29, 11:34 am, adsing...@GMAIL.COM (DP) wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I have to run 44 different sas programs everyday and check their logs to > > see if the programs have completed the execution or not. This process > > becomes boring & tiring at times. > > > > I am trying to figure out if there can be an automated process in sas to > > run these programs daily, & if the program failed then notification can be > > sent maybe in the form of an email. > > > > Thanks for all you great help! > > > > DP. >