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CIMPORT

Language element:	procedure
OpenVMS specifics:	name and location of transport file; using a transport file on tape

destination

specifies the name and location of a file to be transported.

Details

The CIMPORT procedure imports a transfer file that was created (exported) by the CPORT procedure.

If you have used the CPORT procedure, the CIMPORT procedure allows you to move catalogs, data sets, and SAS data libraries from one operating environment to another.

Note:   The CIMPORT procedure processes a transport file that was generated by PROC CPORT, not a transport file that was generated by the XPORT engine.  

Examples

Example 1: Importing an Entire Data Library from a Disk

libname newlib 'SAS-data-library';
filename tranfile 'transport-file';
proc cimport library=newlib infile=tranfile;
run;

PROC CIMPORT reads from disk the transport file TRANFILE that a previous PROC CPORT created from a SAS data library and restores the transport file to the SAS data library NEWLIB.

Example 2: Importing an Entire Data Library from a Tape

CAUTION:

You must use an unlabeled tape when reading from tape with the CIMPORT procedure.   

x 'alloc tape-drive sastape';
x 'mount/for sastape';
libname newlib 'SAS-data-library';
filename tranfile 'sastape';
proc cimport library=newlib infile=tranfile tape;
run;

PROC CIMPORT reads from tape the transport file TRANFILE that PROC CPORT (using the TAPE option) created from a SAS data library and restores the transport file to the SAS data library NEWLIB.

See Also

• CIMPORT procedure in SAS Procedures Guide

• Procedure: CPORT

• Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments

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