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SAS Companion for UNIX Environments

Using SAS Files

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Introduction to SAS Files, Data Libraries, and Engines

Types of SAS Files

Filename Extensions and Member Types

Accessing SAS Data Files

Specifying Pathnames

Assigning Librefs with the LIBNAME Statement

Assigning a Libref to Several Directories (Concatenating Directories)

Using Multiple Engines for a Library

Using Environment Variables as Librefs

Librefs Assigned by SAS

Accessing Disk-Format Data Libraries

Accessing Sequential-Format Data Libraries

Accessing BMDP, OSIRIS, or SPSS Data Files

Accessing SAS Files from Previous Releases or from Other Hosts

Sharing Files


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