Savvas Velissaris wrote: > > Hi there, > > I've been looking for a way to get the size of an > external file in NT Windows. Is there a SAS function > that could be helpful ? > > Savvas

Hi Savvas,

I can't test on NT but the following program gives the info your want in a SAS dataset. Just try it on NT and find out the infoname of the file size. You will then be able to use it in any datastep and obtain what you're looking for.

Here is the sample program: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ data info; length infoname infoval $60; rc=filename('abc','/home/bernard/bttoc'); /**<=== your file name***/ fid=fopen('abc'); infonum=foptnum(fid); do i=1 to infonum; infoname=foptname(fid,i); infoval=finfo(fid,infoname); output; end; close=fclose(fid); drop rc fid infonum i close; run;

options ls=80 ps=59 pageno=1; proc print ; title 'Informations from SunOS file system'; run; ~~~~~~~~~~~~Here is the output: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Informations from SunOS file system 1 08:34 Tuesday, August 17, 1999

OBS INFONAME INFOVAL

1 File Name /home/bernard/bttoc 2 Owner Name bernard 3 Group Name cap 4 Access Permission rw-rw-r-- 5 File Size (bytes) 3640 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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