Procedures under UNIX

CATALOG Procedure: UNIX

Manages entries in SAS catalogs.

UNIX specifics:	FILE= option in the CONTENTS statement
See:	CATALOG Procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide

Syntax
Details

Syntax

PROC CATALOG CATALOG=<libref.>catalog <ENTRYTYPE=etype> <KILL>;

CONTENTS <OUT=SAS-data-set> <FILE=fileref>;

Note: This version is a simplified version of the CATALOG procedure syntax. For the complete syntax and its explanation, see the CATALOG procedure in the Base SAS Procedures Guide. [cautionend]

fileref: names a file specification that is specific to the UNIX operating environment.

Details

The FILE= option in the CONTENTS statement of the CATALOG procedure accepts a fileref. If the name specified does not correspond to a fileref, a file with that name and an extension of .lst is created in the current directory. For example, if myfile is not a fileref, the following code creates the file myfile.lst in your current directory:

proc catalog catalog=sasuser.profile;
   contents file=myfile;
run;

SAS writes the following output to the Log:

NOTE: 6 entries have been written to the output file /users/userid/MYFILE.lst.

Note: The filename that is created is always stored in lowercase, even if you specified it in uppercase. In the SAS log, however, the filename is listed in uppercase. [cautionend]

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