SAS programmers often resort to using the X command to list the contents of file directories and to process the contents of ZIP files (or gz files on UNIX). In centralized SAS environments, the X command is unavailable to most programmers. NOXCMD is the default setting for these environments (disallowing […]
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One of the often-cited side effects of moving from “Base SAS” (SAS on your PC, or Display Manager) to SAS Enterprise Guide is the loss of “X” command privileges — that is, the ability for your SAS programs to invoke other programs via the operating system shell. We call this […]
On the SAS-L mailing list, a participant posed this question (paraphrased): How can I tell which date format my Windows session is using: European format (with day first) versus USA format (with month first)? I’m reading in output from a Windows file listing, and need to know how to interpret […]
It’s been a well-known limitation for a long time. When you connect to a SAS session using SAS Enterprise Guide, shell commands (including X command, SYSTASK, and FILENAME PIPE) are off-limits because the default SAS invocation disables them. It does this by including -NOXCMD as a command-line option. This makes […]