Introduction to Copying, Moving, and Deleting SAS Data Sets
Purpose
Copying, moving, and
deleting SAS data sets are the library management tasks that are performed
most frequently. For example, you perform these tasks to create test
files, make backups, archive files, and remove unused files. The DATASETS
procedure enables you to work with all the files in a SAS library
or with specific files in the library.
In this section, you
will learn how to use the DATASETS procedure to perform the following
tasks:
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copy an entire library
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copy specific SAS data sets
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move specific SAS data sets
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delete specific SAS data sets
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delete all files in a library
This section focuses on using the DATASETS procedure to copy, move, and delete ...
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