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PATHNAME


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

OS/390 specifics: fileref, libref

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Syntax

PATHNAME (fileref | libref)

fileref
specifies the fileref that was assigned to an external file.

libref
specifies the libref assigned to a SAS data library.

Details

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

Under OS/390, you can also use any valid DDname previously allocated using a TSO ALLOCATE command or a JCL DD statement.
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