mp_tree.sas File Reference

Recursively scans a directory tree to get all subfolders and content. More...

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Detailed Description

Usage:

%mp_tree(dir=/tmp, outds=work.tree)

Credits:

Roger Deangelis: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/listing-all-files-within-a-directory-and-subdirectories/m-p/332616/highlight/true#M74887

Tom: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/listing-all-files-of-all-types-from-all-subdirectories/m-p/334113/highlight/true#M75419

Parameters

[in]	dir=	(/tmp) Directory to be scanned
[out]	outds=	(work.mp_tree) Dataset to create

Returns

outds contains the following variables:

• dir: a flag (1/0) to say whether it is a directory or not. This is not reliable - folders that you do not have permission to open will be flagged as directories.
• ext: file extension
• filename: file name
• dirname: directory name
• fullpath: directory + file name

Version

9.2

Definition in file mp_tree.sas.