The default SAS configuration
file creates the Work data library in a folder named “SAS Temporary
Files” located in your system's designated temporary area (as
specified by the TEMP environment variable).
SAS creates a subdirectory
called TD
nnnnn for each SAS
process under the directory that you specify in the WORK option, where
nnnnn is a unique number.
If
library-specification is a directory, then the
work-data library will be stored in the directory. If
library-specification is a file, then SAS will
select a directory from the file to store the work-data library. The
file must be a plain-text file. The following types of lines are valid
in the file:
-
blank line, which are ignored
-
lines wrapped in C-style comments
(/*...*/), which are ignored
-
lines that contain unquoted paths
to a directory, only one path per line is allowed
-
lines that contain instructions
on how to choose a path using the argument
method=space or
method=random. If there
are multiple
method= lines,
only the last line is processed. If there are no
method= lines in the file, then
method=random will be processed.
The error message,
Library WORK does not exist is displayed for the following
conditions:
-
-
a path, not a directory, is specified
for the argument.