FILENAME

FILENAME

Assigns or deassigns a fileref for an external file, directory, or output device and returns a value

UNIX specifics: device types and host options

Syntax

FILENAME(fileref, filename <,device<,host-options<,dir-ref>>>)

fileref: specifies the fileref to assign to the external file. (See SAS Language Reference: Dictionary for details.) Under UNIX, the fileref can also be a UNIX environment variable.
filename: differs according to the device type. Device Information in the FILENAME Statement shows the information appropriate to each device. Remember that UNIX filenames are case-sensitive. Specifying a blank filename deassigns a fileref that was previously assigned.
device: specifies type of device to which the output will be sent. It can be any one of the devices listed in Device Information in the FILENAME Statement. DISK is the default device type.
host-options: are options that are specific to UNIX. You can use any of the options that are available on the FILENAME statement. See FILENAME for a description of the host options.
dir-ref: specifies the fileref that is assigned to the directory in which the external file resides.