Remote library services

[nickbrookes76]

Having used sas for a good many years, i've now come up with a very simple question.

Connecting a unix box to a windows box, where the unix box is running the processes, is it possible to backwards assign a libname to unix from windows under an rsubmit statement. I dont want to upload data to windows, just use an rls statement.

FOr instance.

(code running locally on unix)

libname unixlib "/u03/SAS/whatever";
rsubmit windows;
libname unixlib server = x??X;
* hoping to allow windows to see local libnames;
endrsubmit;

Is it possible, and what do i need to put to replace x??X.

 

[ChrisW75]

Yes. You can do several things.

libname mine '/apps/dw/dat/' server=<hostname> ;

Which creates a remote library on your windows session which points to a folder on your remote Unix box.

Also you can create a libref which points to a remote libref.

rsubmit;
libname remlib '/apps/dw/dat';
endrsubmit;

libname loclib slibref=remlib server=<hostname>;