Usually, SAS/CONNECT assumes that external
files that are being
uploaded and downloaded are text files, and it alters them so that they can
be used on the target machine. Two features are affected:
There are times when these file conversions are not
desirable. For example, you may need to upload executable files from the local
host to the remote host and later download them to the same or a different
local host. You may want to do this for backup purposes or to send files to
other users.
When you do not want a file translated to another character
set or record delimiters inserted, you can use the BINARY option to prevent
automatic conversion. When you specify the BINARY option in a PROC DOWNLOAD
statement, SAS/CONNECT transfers the file in binary image form
(hence, the keyword BINARY).
This example uses a PROC DOWNLOAD statement for downloading
an external file from the remote host to the local host. Note that the BINARY
option is included to suppress character-set translation and to prevent record-delimiter
insertion:
proc download infile=hostmod
outfile='external-file-name' binary;
run;
This PROC DOWNLOAD step is excerpted
from Example 10. DTS: Distributing an .EXE File from the Remote Host to Multiple Local Hosts.
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