The CPORT Procedure

SELECT Statement

Includes specified files or entries in the transport file.

Interaction:	You can use either EXCLUDE statements or SELECT statements in a PROC CPORT step, but not both.
Tip:	There is no limit to the number of SELECT statements you can use in one invocation of PROC CPORT.
Featured in:	Exporting Individual Catalog Entries

SELECT SAS file(s) | catalog entry(s)</ MEMTYPE=mtype> </ ENTRYTYPE=entry-type> ;

Required Arguments

SAS file(s) | catalog entry(s): specifies one or more SAS files or one or more catalog entries to be included in the transport file. Specify SAS filenames when you export a SAS library; specify catalog entry names when you export an individual SAS catalog. Separate multiple filenames or entry names with a space. You can use shortcuts to list many like-named files in the SELECT statement. For more information, see Shortcuts for Specifying Lists of Variable Names.

Options

ENTRYTYPE=entry-type

specifies a single entry type for the catalog entries listed in the SELECT statement. See SAS Language Reference: Concepts for a complete list of catalog entry types.

Alias:	ETYPE=, ET=
Restriction:	ENTRYTYPE= is valid only when you export an individual SAS catalog.

MEMTYPE=mtype

specifies a single member type for one or more SAS files listed in the SELECT statement. Valid values are CATALOG or CAT, DATA, or ALL. If you do not specify the MEMTYPE= option in the SELECT statement, then processing is restricted to those member types specified in the MEMTYPE= option in the PROC CPORT statement.

You can also specify the MEMTYPE= option, enclosed in parentheses, immediately after the name of a member. In parentheses, MEMTYPE= identifies the type of the member name that just precedes it. When you use this form of the option, it overrides the MEMTYPE= option that follows the slash in the SELECT statement, but it must match the MEMTYPE= option in the PROC CPORT statement.

Alias:	MTYPE=, MT=
Default:	If you do not specify MEMTYPE= in the PROC CPORT statement or in the SELECT statement, the default is MEMTYPE=ALL.
Restriction:	MEMTYPE= is valid only when you export a SAS library.
Restriction:	If you specify a member type for MEMTYPE= in the PROC CPORT statement, it must agree with the member type that you specify for MEMTYPE= in the SELECT statement.

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