Date:         Wed, 28 Feb 1996 00:49:21 -0800
Reply-To:     mitchell <SA.MAY@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         mitchell <SA.MAY@FORSYTHE.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: Stanford University
Subject:      question about XCOPY and CPORT

This question will fall into the "this must
have been asked a billion times already..."
 
I'm going to be porting several SAS data sets from
MVS to BOTH a SUN Unix system and an OS/2 system.
 
Normally, I'd use XCOPY to convert my data
sets to transport formats.  But, CPORT seems to have
replaced XCOPY.  But the syntax for CPORT
seems too sparse - that is, I can't figure
out how to tell CPORT where to stuff the
transport data set.
 
I know a lot about the MVS and OS/2 data formats, but
SUN format could be a surprise (althought it
shouldn't be).  Will it?
 
The obvious questions seem to be is XCOPY
history and should I really be using CPORT.
Or it doesn't matter where I'm sending the
transport data set - is a transport data set is
a transport data set?
 
What would be really nice is if someone would
send me an example of PROC CPORT using a
disk SAS data set and making a disk transport
data set.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Mitchell Yee
sa.may@forsythe.stanford.edu