> -----Original Message----- > From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott > Bass > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:01 PM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Re: What is the Perl metacharacter for a page break character? > > Further to this, when I change the filevar to a file that does exist, I > get > this error: > > /* close the input file, so we can open it again */ > filevar='temp1.lst'; infile dummy1 filevar=filevar; > > ERROR: File is in use, C:\Documents and Settings\sbass\temp1.lst > > I get the same error no matter what file I point to, absolute or relative > path. > > For now I'm going to code this with two data steps, reverting back to > using > a macro variable to carry the total page count to the next data step. > > If there is a way to do this in one data step, i.e. to close the first > file, > or to "rewind" the line pointer back to the beginning of the file (n= > option?), please let me know.

This seems similar to the problem I was have two weeks ago (posted to SAS-L). Before I improved (corrected) the problem, with guidance/direction from SAS-L, I arrived at the kludge of using a second (dummy) FILEVAR and INFILE to "close" the program. Essentially, I was writing to a raw data file and then trying to use it in the same data step (because I did not know how to use STDIN for a perl program dynamically).

Without the second set, I got the same (I think) message.

HTH,

Kevin

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