To create a package, you must first create a directory hierarchy on your local computer.
If you install a package by using PROC IML, the root directory is the name of your package in lowercase. To match that behavior,
create a directory named
righttriangle
.
Within the
righttriangle
directory, create four subdirectories:
data
,
help
,
programs
, and
source
. It is recommended that you create these directories even though one or more of them might be empty. The purpose of each
subdirectory is as follows:
data
Contains all SAS data sets (sas7bdat files) that are used by the package. Use lowercase characters for the names of the data sets in this directory.
help
Contains documentation for the package. You should include a plain text file with a .txt extension. Optionally, you can include a PDF or HTML file in this subdirectory.
programs
Contains SAS/IML programs that call functions in the package. For example, this subdirectory can include demo programs, test programs, and programs that reproduce results in a journal article or conference proceedings.
source
Contains the source files that are read by the PACKAGE LOAD statement. These files usually contain module definitions. The files should not contain a PROC IML statement or a QUIT statement.
The RightTriangle package does not contain a data file, so the
data
subdirectory remains empty. The following sections describe how to create the info.txt file and the files for the other subdirectories.
A package can contain other subdirectories in addition to these four subdirectories.
Note: This procedure is experimental .