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1 Paper 119-2012 The FILENAME Statement: Interacting with the world outside of SAS Chris Schacherer, Clinical Data Management Systems, LLC ABSTRACT The FILENAME statement has a very simple purpose creating a symbolic link to an external file or device. The statement itself does not process any data, specify the format or shape of a data set, or directly produce output of any type; yet, this simple statement is an invaluable construct that allows SAS programs to interact with the world outside of SAS. Through specification of the appropriate device type, the FILENAME statement allows you to symbolically reference external disk files, interact with FTP servers, send e-mail messages, and integrate data from external programs and processes including the local operating system and remote web services. The current work provides examples of how you can use the different device types to perform a variety of data management tasks. INTRODUCTION The wide array of data access methods available to the SAS programmer today has resulted in a decrease in the number of new SAS programmers who explore the FILENAME statement.
1 Paper 119-2012 The FILENAME Statement: Interacting with the world outside of SAS® Chris Schacherer, Clinical Data Management Systems, LLC ABSTRACT
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