PATHNAME

PATHNAME

Returns the physical name of a SAS data library or of an external file or returns a blank

CMS specifics: fileref

Syntax

PATHNAME (fileref)

fileref: specifies the fileref that was assigned to an external file or to a SAS data library. Under CMS, fileref can also be a DDname that was assigned with a CMS FILEDEF command.

When PATHNAME is applied to a concatenation, it returns a list of data set names encoded in parentheses.

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