SAS/SHARE provides remote file access through its Remote Library
Services (RLS). RLS provides transparent access to remote data libraries
for moving data through the network as the local SAS session requests
it.
This access to remote
data is provided through the REMOTE engine. Therefore, SAS products
can gain single-user or multi-user access to remote SAS data or third-party
DBMS data, as applicable, by invoking a
SAS/SHARE server and assigning a library to the server through
the REMOTE engine.
The LIBNAME statement
associates a SAS library reference (libref) with a permanent SAS library,
which can be specified by using an operating environment-specific
full physical name. Usually, the
SAS/SHARE server uses the BASE engine to access data; however,
alternative engines can be assigned by using the RENGINE= option.
Attributes for the BASE or alternative engine can be supplied by using
the ROPTIONS= option.
For information about
the LIBNAME statement in SAS/SHARE, see Remote Library Services. For the LIBNAME statement
in SAS/CONNECT, see LIBNAME Statement in SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.
For more information about the LIBNAME statement in
SAS/ACCESS, see
SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference.