Date:         Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:42:08 -0400
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From:         Phil Rack <philrack@MINEQUEST.COM>
Organization: MineQuest, LLC
Subject:      Re: Creating a folder in SAS program
Comments: To: anon <rhian.pilling@GMAIL.COM>
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%macro createfolder(folder=);
   %let newfolder = %sysfunc(dequote(&folder));

data _null_;
call system("md &newfolder");
run;
%mend;

%createfolder(folder='c:\abcxyz\');



-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of anon
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 8:26 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Creating a folder in SAS program

Dear all,

I have found codes from previous SAS lists which creates a folder in SAS.
However, they do not work when I use a macro.

My aim is, that I would like to create a folder for each month that I run
this programme and for the output to go directly into the folder for that
month.

The codes that I have found and tried are below, however when I introduce a
macro (which gives the month and year programme was run) then the folder
created is &date1 and not monthyear as it does in the program itself.

CODES - date1 is the macro for the day and month.


x 'md "C:\.....................\&Foldername" '; %let FOLDERNAME=&date1;



x 'md "C:\.......................\&date1." ';

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

BW