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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:22:22 -0400
Reply-To:   Paige Miller <paigem@KODAK.COM>
Sender:   "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:   Paige Miller <paigem@KODAK.COM>
Organization:   Eastman Kodak Company
Subject:   Re: CHANGE SUBDIRECTORY
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RSD wrote:

> My preference is to point the "Start In" field in your shortcut to whereever > you want your working directory (e.g., D:\SASDATA). For me, this approach > makes it easier to have multiple start directories (for different > applications/different shortcuts) on the same machine. I have seen no > insistence on SAS to make the "Start In" directory point to sasroot. As > long as you specify the full path in the "Target" command field for SAS, it > will execute and find all its internal system libraries fine.

This works fine for SAS 6.12. It doesn't seem to work in SAS 7, even though the help files indicate it should work. Anybody have similar or different experiences in SAS 7?

-- Paige Miller Eastman Kodak Company paigem@kodak.com "It's nothing until I call it!" -- Bill Klem, NL Umpire


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