Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments

Supported Members

You can restore a transport file that contains either of these SAS member types:

Data set
Catalog.

Note: In this document, the term data set is used to refer to a SAS file of type DATA. [cautionend]

Note: Traditional methods to restore a transport file do not support the DATA step view, or the SAS/ACCESS view. These types of views must be re-created at the target host. [cautionend]

The method used to create a transport file uniquely defines the transport file format. Therefore, you must use the supported method for reading a transport file at the target host. For example, if PROC CPORT was used at the source host to create the transport file, you must use PROC CIMPORT at the target host to correctly decode the transport file. You cannot, for example, use PROC COPY at the target host to restore a transport file that was created with PROC CPORT.

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