CIMPORT

CIMPORT

Restores a transport file created by the CPORT procedure

Windows specifics: Name and location of transport file

Syntax

PROC CIMPORT destination=libref| <libref.>.member-name <option(s)>;

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

Coupled with the CPORT procedure, the CIMPORT procedure enables you to move catalogs and data sets from one operating environment to another.

Note: PROC CIMPORT processes a file generated by PROC CPORT, not a transport file generated by the XPORT engine. [cautionend]

When you use the CIMPORT procedure under Windows, remember the following:

The value of the INFILE= option can be a fileref defined in a FILENAME statement, a quoted Windows pathname, or an environment variable.
If you omit the INFILE= option and have not defined the reserved fileref SASCAT, the SAS System tries to read from a file named SASCAT.DAT in your working directory. If no file by that name exists, the following error message is issued and the procedure terminates, assuming that C:\SAS has been defined as the working directory:
```
ERROR:
Physical file does not exist, C:\SAS\SASCAT.DAT
```
If you have not transferred the file created by PROC CPORT in binary format, PROC CIMPORT cannot read the file, and you receive the following message:
```
ERROR: Given transport
file is bad.
```

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