- The following functions are new:
- DINFO
- returns information about a directory.
- DOPTNAME
- returns directory-attribute information.
- DOPTNUM
- returns the number of information items that are available
for a directory.
- FDELETE
- deletes an external file.
- FEXIST
- verifies the existence of an external file by its fileref
and returns a value.
- FILEEXIST
- verifies the existence of an external file by its physical
name and returns a value.
- FILENAME
- assigns or deassigns a fileref for an external file, directory,
or output device and returns a value.
- FILEREF
- verifies that a fileref has been assigned for the current
SAS session and returns a value.
- FINFO
- returns the value of a file information item.
- FOPTNAME
- returns the name of an item of information about a file.
- FOPTNUM
- returns the number of information items available about
a file.
- LIBNAME
- assigns or deassigns a libref for a SAS data library and
returns a value.
- MOPEN
- opens a file by directory ID and by member name and returns
either the file identifier or a zero (0).
- PATHNAME
- returns the physical name of a SAS data library or of an
external file or returns a blank.
- The following function and CALL routine are now
obsolete:
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