The method for finding out how the transport
file was created (XPORT engine with PROC COPY or PROC CPORT and PROC
CIMPORT) depends on your operating environment.
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Under operating environments that
store character data in ASCII format, use a text editor or an operating
environment read or view command to read the file.
The XPORT engine creates a file whose
first 40 characters contain this ASCII text:
HEADER RECORD*******LIBRARY HEADER RECORD!!!!!!!00
PROC CPORT creates a file whose first
40 characters contain this ASCII text:
**COMPRESSED** **COMPRESSED** **COMPRESSED** **COM
Note: If you specify the NOCOMPRESS option
in PROC CPORT, compression is suppressed, which prevents the display
of the preceding text in a transport file.
For technical details
about the transport format that is used for a data set, see Technical
Support article TS-140, The Record Layout of a SAS Transport Data
Set.
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