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Running SAS (in batch mode)
To run a SAS job:
sas filename &
where filename is the command file.
SAS will run in the background (indicated by '&') allowing the user to do other tasks on the same workstation or to exit (logoff).
Output from the SAS job is printed to a file named filename.lst. The log is printed to a file named filename.log. SAS can also read compressed data. The format for the command file is:
FILENAME INCEN90 PIPE 'zcat
~lisan/ljn/data/black.dat.Z';
DATA BLACK;
INFILE INCEN90 LRECL=359;
INPUT AGE 1-2 SEX 3-3 STATE 4-5 . . .
To read uncompressed data:
DATA BLACK;
INFILE 'lisan/ljn/data/black.dat' LRECL=359;
INPUT AGE 1-2 SEX 3-3 STATE 4-5 . . .