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On Jul 5, 7:55 am, KL <Kev.L.Sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 4, 5:03 am, RolandRB <rolandbe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jul 4, 6:21 am, KL <Kev.L.Sc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jul 3, 2:20 pm, RolandRB <rolandbe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > Extending the power of SAS software using other software packages
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> > > >http://www.datasavantconsulting.com/roland/sasplus.html
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> > > Useful information. Some useful tools that I use when I have to
> > > utilize R, MATLAB, and other system executables are the %xlog %xlst
> > > macros. These are delivered in sas/core which is associated with every
> > > SAS install. These macros pipe commands to the OS which allows for
> > > more information to be gathered with respect to OS errors.
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> > > %xlog takes one argument which is to be executed with the command
> > > shell of the OS you are running and it returns STDOUT and STDERR back
> > > to the SAS log location(unless they are redirected).
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> > > %xlst takes one argument which is to be executed with the command
> > > shell of the OS you are running and it returns the STDOUT and STDERR
> > > back to the SAS output location(unless they are redirected).
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> > > Unix directory listing example:
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> > > %xlog(ls -la);
> > > %xlst(ls -la);
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> > > Windows example:
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> > > %xlog(dir);
> > > %xlst(dir);
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> > I tried calling those macros from version 8.2 SAS and it couldn't find
> > them. I'll try with SAS v9.1.3 this evening, but I could not find the
> > documentation on them. Is there a URL you know of?- Hide quoted text -
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> The following clones xlog:
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> %macro xlog_clone(cmd);
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> %let sysrc=0;
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> %if %nrbquote(&sysscp)=OS %then %do;
> %put %nrstr(%%xlog is not supported on) &sysscp &sysscpl;
> %let sysrc=1;
> %goto exit;
> %end;
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> option nonotes;
> filename cmd pipe "&cmd";
> data _null_;
> file log;
> infile cmd;
> input;
> put _INFILE_;
> run;
> option notes;
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> %exit:
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> %mend xlog_clone;- Hide quoted text -
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%xlog and %xlst works fine in sas v9.1.3 . I like it. Very useful! I
can't understand why it is not documented, though. I'm a bit reluctant
to use undocumented features.
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