COPY Procedure
| Restrictions: | PROC COPY ignores concatenations with catalogs. Use
PROC CATALOG COPY to copy concatenated catalogs.
PROC COPY does not support data set options. PROC COPY does not back up graphic catalogs. Use PROC CPORT or PROC CIMPORT when doing back ups with graphic catalogs. |
| Tips: | See “Statements with the Same Function in Multiple
Procedures” for details. You can also use any global statements.
See “Global Statements” for a list.
Complete documentation for the COPY procedure is in COPY Statement. |
Syntax
PROC COPY OUT=libref-1 IN=libref-2
<CLONE |NOCLONE>
<CONSTRAINT=YES |NO>
<DATECOPY>
<INDEX=YES | NO>
<MEMTYPE=(mtype-1 <...mtype-n>)>
<MOVE <ALTER=alter-password>>;
<OVERRIDE ds_option-1=value-1 <...ds_option-n=value-n>>
<CLONE |NOCLONE>
<CONSTRAINT=YES |NO>
<DATECOPY>
<INDEX=YES | NO>
<MEMTYPE=(mtype-1 <...mtype-n>)>
<MOVE <ALTER=alter-password>>;
<OVERRIDE ds_option-1=value-1 <...ds_option-n=value-n>>
EXCLUDE SAS-file-1
<...SAS-file-n> </ MEMTYPE=mtype>;
SELECT SAS-file-1 <...SAS-file-n> </ <MEMTYPE=mtype> <ALTER=alter-password>>;
SELECT SAS-file-1 <...SAS-file-n> </ <MEMTYPE=mtype> <ALTER=alter-password>>;
Table of Procedure Tasks
| Statement | Task | Example |
|---|---|---|
| COPY Statement | Copy one or more files | Ex. 1 |
| EXCLUDE Statement | Exclude files or memtypes | |
| CLONE | NOCLONE | Specify whether to copy data set attributes | Ex. 2, Ex. 3 |
| IN=libref-2 | Name of source library | Ex. 1 |
| OUT=libref-1 | Name of destination library | Ex. 1, Ex. 3 |
| SELECT Statement | Select files or memtypes | Ex. 1, Ex. 2 |
| OVERRIDE=(ds_option-1=value-1 <...ds_option-n=value-n>) | Overrides specified output data set options copied from the input data set |