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Moving and Accessing SAS Files across Operating Environments

Describing the Content of the Transport File

If the person who creates the transport file at the source host is different from the person who restores the transport file at the target host, make sure that the details of the transport file are communicated in advance of the file transfer. Here is an example of the type of information that may be useful to the person who will restore the transport file at the target host:

Description of Transport File
Type of Source Host and SAS Release Used How Transport File Was Created Transport Filename Data Sets Catalogs Catalog Entries
OS/390 TSO

SAS Version 8

PROC CPORT TPORT.DAT TEST.CITY

TEST.CLASS

TEST.FORMATS REGFMT

SALEFMT

SIZEFMT



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