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Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments

Host Groups

Host types are categorized by identical architectural groups, numeric architectural groups, and character architectural groups. You do not need to create a transport file to move between two hosts that share identical architectures. However, you must create a transport file to move between two hosts that do not share identical architectures.

Note:   This chapter also lists Version 6 hosts for backward compatibility. Hosts that run at Version 6 but not at Version 7 or later are:

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Identical Architectural Groups

The following host groups contain host types that share a common internal representation for both numeric and character data. Therefore, a data file is not translated when moved between hosts that do share a common internal data representation. However, data translation is performed on a data file that is moved between hosts that do not share a common internal data representation.

Numeric Architectural Groups

The following host groups contain host types that share a common internal numeric representation. Therefore, numeric fields are not translated when moved between hosts that share a common internal numeric representation. However, numeric translation is performed on numeric fields that are moved between hosts that do not share a common internal numeric representation.

Character Architectural Groups

The following host groups contain host types that share a common internal character representation. Therefore, character fields are not translated when moved between hosts that do share a common internal character representation. However, character translation is performed on a character fields that are moved between hosts that do not share a common internal character representation.


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