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CPORT

CMS specifics;

specification of transport file

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The CPORT procedure writes SAS data sets and catalogs into a transport format. Coupled with the CIMPORT procedure, PROC CPORT enables you to move catalogs and data sets from one operating environment to another. If you do not use the FILE= option and have not defined the reserved fileref SASCAT, a file named SASCAT DATA is created on the first R/W-accessed disk, as in the following example:

libname myfile 'a';

proc cport library=myfile;
run;

Here is an example with an assigned filename, which creates the transport file PORT FILE M:

libname myfile 'a';

proc cport library=my file='port file m';
run;

The following example uses the FILE= option to create the transport file OUT FILE on the first read/write accessible disk:

libname myfile 'a';

proc cport library=myfile file='out file';
run;

If TAPE is specified, SASCAT will be temporarily assigned to the tape and output will occur if a tape is attached. If you want to write to a file on tape, you must either specify TAPE in the FILE= option or assign the fileref SASCAT to a tape device. It is recommended that you specify BLKSIZE=8000.

In the following example, SASCAT is assigned to the second file on tape device 181:

filename sascat tape 'tap1' blksize=8000 label=sl 2;
libname myfile 'a';

proc cport lib=myfile;
run;

The following example uses the FILE= and the TAPE options to create a transport file on tape device 183:

libname myfile 'a';

proc cport library=myfile file='tap3' tape;
run;

• Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments

• FILENAME

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