SAS/SHARE User's Guide

Introduction

The LIBNAME statement implements the SAS/SHARE Remote Library Services (RLS), which provides transparent access to remote data libraries for moving data through the network as the local SAS session requests it. For more information about RLS, see Remote Library Services Offers Remote File Access.

A LIBNAME statement associates a SAS library reference (libref) with a permanent SAS data library. In SAS/SHARE software, the SAS data library is accessed through a SAS server and is called a server library. You can include a LIBNAME statement directly in your program, or you can use a macro to generate one.

For details about how to define libraries to a server, see Pre-Defining SAS Data Libraries to the Server. For more information about using SAS/SHARE macros, see Using SAS/SHARE Macros for Server Access.

Note: All libref and library associations that are created by using the LIBNAME statement are automatically cleared when the user terminates the SAS session. [cautionend]

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