You can assign filerefs to external files that you
access with the following FILENAME access methods:
Examples of how to use
each method are shown in the following table:
Referencing External Files with Other Access Methods
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Assign a fileref to
a SAS catalog that is an aggregate storage location.
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FILENAME with CATALOG
specifier
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filename mycat catalog 'catalog'
<catalog-options>;
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Assign a fileref to
an external file accessed with FTP.
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FILENAME with FTP specifier
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filename myfile FTP 'external-file'
<ftp-options>;
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Assign a fileref to
an external file accessed by TCP/IP SOCKET in either client or server
mode.
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FILENAME with SOCKET
specifier
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filename myfile SOCKET 'hostname: portno'
<tcpip-options>; or filename myfile SOCKET ':portno' SERVER
<tcpip-options>;
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Assign a fileref to
an external file accessed by URL.
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FILENAME with URL specifier
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filename myfile URL 'external-file'
<url-options>;
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Assign a fileref to
an external file accessed on a WebDAV server.
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FILENAME with WEBDAV
specifier
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filename myfile WEBDAV 'external-file'
<webdav-options>;
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