In SAS 9, %SYSLPUT contains a new option with the syntax of:

   %SYSLPUT macro-variable=value </remote=server-id>

Due to the addition of the /REMOTE option in the %SYSLPUT statement any
value that contains forward slashes should now be quoted with a macro
quoting function.

If the macro quoting function is not used and the %SYSLPUT value
contains forward slashes, the following error message may appear:

   %syslput PATH = &PATH ;
   ERROR: Unrecognized option to the %SYSLPUT statement.
   NOTE: Line generated by the macro variable "PATH".
   1     /testa/testb

The following example uses the %BQUOTE function to mask forward slashes
that are used in a UNIX pathname that is assigned in the %SYSLPUT
statement:


   %let path=/testa/testb;
   %syslput path=%bquote(&path);
   rsubmit;
   %put &path;
   endrsubmit;

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