PRTDEF Procedure

Example 5: Deleting a Single Printer Definition

Features:

PROC PRTDEF statement option: : DELETE

Details

This example shows you how to delete a printer from the registry.

Program

   data deleteprt;
   name='printer1';
   run;
   proc prtdef data=deleteprt delete list;
   run;

Program Description

Create the DELETEPRT data set. The NAME variable contains the name of the printer to delete.
   data deleteprt;
   name='printer1';
   run;
Delete the printer definition from the registry and write the deleted printer to the log. The DATA= option specifies DELETEPRT as the input data set. PROC PRTDEF creates printer definitions for the SAS registry. DELETE specifies that the printer is to be deleted. LIST specifies to write the deleted printer to the log.
   proc prtdef data=deleteprt delete list;
   run;