Click on the Full Code tab for an example that demonstrates how to use a SAS program to build an ftp command file that issues PUT statements, then invokes the Unix ftp command via SAS.

Instead of prompting the user for the ftp commands, this example obtains the ftp commands from the file.

You could modify this code to use the GET statement as well.

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Note that before you use this code, you must substitute values for ftpcmds=, host=, userid=, ftppwd=, and thefile=.

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/* First, create macro variables to use in the ftp command.        */
/* FTPCMDS is the actual file we will build with ftp commands.     */

%let ftpcmds=/nfs/myhost/local/u//tmp/ftp.cmd;
%let host=machine;             /* Machine to connect with ftp      */
%let userid=user;              /* ID to use with ftp command       */
%let ftppwd=pw;                /* Password for the ftp userid      */
%let xfermode=binary;          /* ASCII or binary mode xfer        */
%let homedir=/home/;           /* Directory to start in            */
%let cmd=put;                  /* Using PUT to put files           */
%let thefile=testftp.hp;       /* The file to PUT to (or GET from) */
run;

/* Set up the fileref to execute the ftp command.                  */

filename ftpcmds "&ftpcmds";   
data _null_;
   file ftpcmds pad lrecl=80;
   put "user &userid &ftppwd";
   put "&xfermode";
   put "cd &homedir";
   put "&cmd &thefile";
   run;

/* The control file for ftp has been built; now run it.            */

filename doftp pipe "ftp -n &host < &ftpcmds";
data _null_;
infile doftp;
input;
put _infile_;
run;

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Type:	Sample
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Statements ==> Data Access ==> FILENAME

Date Modified:	2012-04-19 14:41:45
Date Created:	2005-02-10 13:18:29

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