Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 08:52:55 -0500
Reply-To: HERMANS1 <hermans1@WESTAT.COM>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From: HERMANS1 <hermans1@WESTAT.COM>
Subject: Re[2]: HOW DO I EDIT MY FILE BEFORE PRINTING?
We use ftp to GET and SEND program, list, and log files from and to PC network
directories (actually we use WRQ's Reflections ftp screens to display Unix and
network directories). After SEND'ing a Unix file to a network file, we then use
the Windows word processing and printing facilities that we already know.
We try to arrange the Unix SAS server/ PC client set-up so that users have to
learn only a few Unix commands. File transfers prove so easy and quick that it
doesn't make sense to spend time learning a variety of editors and print
commands. Sig
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Subject: Re: HOW DO I EDIT MY FILE BEFORE PRINTING?
Author: Mr J Simakani <SIMAKANI.acd.UTT.UTR@GETAFIX.UTR.AC.ZA> at
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Date: 1/15/98 10:52 AM
Dear List Members,
I wonder whether anyone out there could I assist me .
I am using SAS,release 6.12 on Operating System HP/UX for the first
time. I operate from a PC connected to the network. The network type
is ETHERNET. I use the SAS editor and use the command "file
'filename'" to save window contents to external
files in my network home directory: H:\users\Simakani.
To make things a little bit clearer I enter SAS via the following
steps:
a).F:\> I type "telbin obelix" and enter.
b).Login: I type my user name "Simakani".
c).Password: I type my "password".
d).Term=(vt 100)- ( I press enter here).
e).$ I type "SAS -NOFSDEVICE" after the dollar sign.
After step ( e), I get the display manager. Note that the $ sign is
known as the Unix command prompt and is equivalent to F:\ on DOS based
systems.
After typing bye on the SAS programme editor I come back to the
dollar sign on step (e) above.
If now I type "ls" after the dollar sign I see the list of files
saved and the $ sign appears again.
If I want to see the contents of the file,I type "more filename"
after the dollar sign.
Inorder to print, I have to use the FTP utility and do the following:
Step 1: I press ALT_t and ftp> appears.
Step 2: I then type "send filename prn" and the printer starts
printing assuming it is on.
Note that the filename is the name of the file either saved from the
programme window or output window.
My question is " How can I have the opportunity of editing my file
before printing it?" We have gone thus far with the help of our
computer people and now seek expert advice .
AS always I trust I will be assisted.
Yours very sincerely,
June Simakani
Dept.of Statistics
University of Transkei
South Africa.
E-mail: Simakani@getafix.utr.ac.za
