mp_appendfile.sas File Reference

Append (concatenate) two or more files. More...

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Detailed Description

Will append one more more appendrefs (filerefs) to a baseref. Uses a binary mechanism, so will work with any file type. For that reason - use with care! And supply your own trailing carriage returns in each file..

Usage:

  filename tmp1 temp;
  filename tmp2 temp;
  filename tmp3 temp;
  data _null_; file tmp1; put 'base file';
  data _null_; file tmp2; put 'append1';
  data _null_; file tmp3; put 'append2';
  run;
  %mp_appendfile(baseref=tmp1, appendrefs=tmp2 tmp3)

Parameters

[in]	baseref=	(0) Fileref of the base file (should exist)
[in]	appendrefs=	(0) One or more filerefs to be appended to the base fileref. Space separated.

Version

9.2

Author

Allan Bowe, source: https://github.com/sasjs/core

SAS Macros

• mp_abort.sas
• mp_binarycopy.sas

Definition in file mp_appendfile.sas.