Andrew James Llwellyn Cary wrote: > > matt harned wrote: > > > > I'd like to have SAS read the contents of a dos directory and load the > > resulting file names into ?? an array and use those filenames for later > > processing. I thought I might set up a loop so that a filename is returned on > > each iteration and then assigned to a macro variable which can be used in a > > data step. However, I've noticed a lack of dos function calls in sas (maybe I > > have'nt looked close enough) though. Is there any hope?? I really need this. > > > > Thanks for any and all help!! > > > > Matt HarnedSince I posted the message below, a North Carolinian SASbird, showed me an even slicker way to do this using the PIPE option on a filename command:

filename foo pipe 'dir /b'; data a; length name $40; infile foo; input name; proc print; run;

This approach also elimiates the need for a NOXWAIT option...

And I just though piping was something that involved either bagpipes or unix... Silly me.

AJL Cary

> > Promega Corp. > > Try the X command > > X 'DIR c:/fred>dir.dat'; > > or in a data step > > Try the CALL SYSTEM subroutine > > ... CALL SYSTEM('DIR c:\fred>dir.dat');... > > use the OPTIONS NOXWAIT ; before you issue either of these commands. > -- > Andrew J. L. Cary | I Reckon that the Opinions > Senior Curmudgeon | expressed here DO represent > Cary Consulting Services, Newark, CA | those of the management of > ajlcary@ix.netcom.com | Cary Consulting Services

-- Andrew J. L. Cary | I Reckon that the Opinions Senior Curmudgeon | expressed here DO represent Cary Consulting Services, Newark, CA | those of the management of ajlcary@ix.netcom.com | Cary Consulting Services