Date:         Wed, 25 May 2011 06:32:36 -0700
Reply-To:     "Pardee, Roy" <pardee.r@GHC.ORG>
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From:         "Pardee, Roy" <pardee.r@GHC.ORG>
Subject:      %include path relative to location of the current program file?
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Hey All,

I've got some biggish, "production"-ish jobs that are split up into multiple program files, which I %include into a main control program.  I've also got a couple of versions stored in different places (e.g., a development location where I'm working, and a deployment location where it runs for real).  I've been doing things like this in main.sas:

  %let codehome = \\bibbity\bobbity\boo ;
  %include "&codehome.\set_em_up.sas" ;
  %include "&codehome.\knock_em_down.sas" ;

And when I move from dev to deployment I edit the codehome var so it points to the deployed versions of those files.

This works, but gives me an opportunity to forget to edit codehome & screw up in a more conspicuous fashion than I'd like.

Does SAS have a function to retrieve the location of the currently running program, so I can set that programmatically?

Thanks!

-Roy

Roy Pardee | DATA WRANGLER
Group Health Research Institute

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