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1 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 to specify the fileref (or, file reference) that serves as the link to an external file or device. The statement itself does not process any data, specify the format or shape of a dataset, or directly produce output of any type, yet this simple statement is an invaluable SAS construct that allows SAS programs to interact with the world outside of SAS. Through specification of the appropriate device type, the FILENAME statement allows SAS to symbolically refer to external disk files for the purpose of reading and writing data, interact with FTP Servers to read and write remote files, send e-mail messages, and gather data from external programs including the local operating system and remote web services.
1 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—to specify the fileref (or, file …
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