Tag: DLCREATEDIR

Using SAS and ODS PACKAGE to create ZIP files

SAS users are big data consumers and big data creators. Often, we have to deal in large data files (or many smaller files) — and that means ZIP compression. ZIP compression tools such as gzip, 7-Zip, and WinZip are ubiquitous, but they aren’t always convenient to use from within a […]

SAS trick: get the LIBNAME statement to create folders for you

When I work on SAS projects that create lots of files as results, it’s often a requirement that those files be organized in a certain folder structure. The exact structure depends on the project, but here’s an example: /results |__ html |__ images |__ xls |__ data Before you can […]