CATALOG Procedure

Tips:	Supports RUN-group processing. You can perform similar functions with the SAS Explorer window and with dictionary tables in the SQL procedure. For information about the Explorer window, see the online Help. For information about PROC SQL, see SAS SQL Procedure User's Guide.
See:	CATALOG Procedure under Windows, UNIX, z/OS

Syntax

PROC CATALOG CATALOG=<libref.>catalog <ENTRYTYPE=etype> <FORCE> <KILL>;

CONTENTS <OUT=SAS-data-set> <FILE=fileref>;

COPY OUT=<libref.>catalog <options>;

SELECT entry-1 <...entry-n> </ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

EXCLUDE entry-1 <...entry-n> </ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

CHANGE old-name-1=new-name-1
<…old-name-n=new-name-n>
</ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

EXCHANGE name-1=other-name-1
<…name-n=other-name-n>
</ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

DELETE entry-1 <...entry-n> </ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

MODIFY entry (DESCRIPTION=<<'>entry-description<'>>)</ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

SAVE entry-1 <...entry-n> </ ENTRYTYPE=etype>;

Statement	Task	Example
PROC CATALOG Statement	Copy entries from one SAS catalog to another	Ex. 1, Ex. 2, Ex. 3
CHANGE Statement	Change the names of catalog entries	Ex. 2
CONTENTS Statement	Print the contents of a catalog	Ex. 2
COPY Statement	Copy some or all of the entries in one catalog to another catalog	Ex. 1
DELETE Statement	Delete specified entries	Ex. 1
EXCHANGE Statement	Switch the names of two catalog entries
EXCLUDE Statement	Exclude entries from being copied	Ex. 1
MODIFY Statement	Change the description of a catalog entry	Ex. 2
SAVE Statement	Delete all except the entries specified
SELECT Statement	Copy only selected entries	Ex. 1