CATALOG Procedure: Windows

Manages entries in SAS catalogs.

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

Syntax

PROC CATALOG CATALOG=<libref.> catalog <ENTRYTYPE=etype> <KILL> ;
CONTENTS <OUT=SAS-data-set> <FILE=fileref;>

Required Argument

This syntax is a simplified version of the CATALOG procedure syntax. For the complete syntax and its explanation, see the CATALOG Procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide

fileref

names a file specification that is specific to the Windows operating environment.

Details

The CATALOG procedure manages entries in SAS catalogs.
The FILE= option in the CONTENTS statement of the CATALOG procedure accepts a file specification that is specific to the Windows operating environment. If an unquoted file specification is given in the FILE= option, but no FILENAME statement, SET system option, or Windows environment variable is used to define the file specification, the file is named file-specification.LST and is stored in the working directory. For example, if MYFILE is not a fileref defined by the FILENAME statement, the SET system option, or a Windows environment variable, and you submit the following statements, the file MYFILE.LST, containing the list of contents for Sasuser.Profile, is created in the SASINITIALFOLDER location:
proc catalog catalog=sasuser.profile;
   contents file=myfile;
run;