In my previous posting I featured the SYSTASK statement as a great means of executing operating system commands in parallel. Statements such as SYSTASK and CALL SYSTEM allow any operating system command to be executed and so they can be dangerous …
NOTE: SYSTASK Is Great, If You’re Allowed To Use It! (XCMD)
In my previous posting I featured the SYSTASK statement as a great means of executing operating system commands in parallel. Statements such as SYSTASK and CALL SYSTEM allow any operating system command to be executed and so they can be dangerous …
NOTE: With SYSTASK, Even Men Can Multi-Task!
I’ve been doing a lot of file manipulation recently (hence my observations on INFILE’s FILEVAR). I’ve become a great fan of SYSTASK for executing operating system commands. The key element to SYSTASK’s capabilities is that it can execute commands …
NOTE: With SYSTASK, Even Men Can Multi-Task!
I’ve been doing a lot of file manipulation recently (hence my observations on INFILE’s FILEVAR). I’ve become a great fan of SYSTASK for executing operating system commands. The key element to SYSTASK’s capabilities is that it can execute commands …
One Week Down
A few things I learned during my first few days: Learning the data (aka Medical Billing Terminology) is going to be the toughest challenge. The one-week SQL crash course was a very good idea. Not having access to the TAB key makes code styling a pain. (SAS on Unix hints?) I really need reading glasses. […]
Desktop Files for Launching SAS Apps on Ubuntu
Whilst I often use the command line on Linux, it’s also nice to have icons in the menus to start SAS® applications like SAS Management Console and SAS Display Manager. These days I mostly use GNOME Do as an application launcher (its a bit like Quicksilver for Mac OS X). Naturally I like to be […]