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| Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS |
PATHNAME Function: z/OS
Returns the physical name of a SAS library or of an external file or returns a blank.
| Category: | SAS File I/O |
| Category: | External Files |
| z/OS specifics: | fileref, libref |
| See: | PATHNAME Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary |
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Syntax |
| PATHNAME((fileref | libref) <,search-level>) |
- fileref
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specifies the fileref assigned to an external file. In a DATA step, fileref can be a character expression, a string enclosed in quotation marks, or a DATA step variable whose value contains the fileref. In a macro, fileref can be any expression that resolves to a macro variable.
- libref
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specifies the libref assigned to a SAS library. In a DATA step, libref can be a character expression, a string enclosed in quotation marks, or a DATA step variable whose value contains the libref. In a macro, libref can be any expression.
- search-level
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specifies whether to search for a fileref or a libref.
Note: If search-level is omitted, PATHNAME searches for a fileref or libref with the specified name.
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F specifies a search for a fileref.
L specifies a search for a libref.
Note: You can use single
or double quotation marks around the fileref, libref, and search-level elements
of the PATHNAME statement.
| Details |
PATHNAME returns the physical name of an external file or a SAS library, or returns a blank if fileref or libref is invalid. When PATHNAME is applied to a concatenation, it returns a list of data set names enclosed in parentheses.
Under z/OS, you can also use any valid ddname that was previously allocated using a TSO ALLOCATE command or a JCL DD statement.
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