Copy a file on SAS

Copies a file on the remote SAS server. Is analogous to file.copy(), but for the remote SAS server.

Usage

sas_file_copy(from_path, to_path)

Arguments

from_path

string; Path of file on remote SAS server to be copied.

to_path

string; Path of file on remote SAS server to copy to.

Value

logical; value indicating if the operation succeeded.

See also

Other file management functions: sas_file_download(), sas_file_exists(), sas_file_remove(), sas_file_upload(), sas_list()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # interactive()
# connect to SAS
sas_connect()

# create a file and upload it to SAS
tempfile_path <- tempfile(fileext = ".sas")
tempfile_basename <- basename(tempfile_path)
tempfile_basename_copy <- sub("\\.sas$", "_copy.sas", tempfile_basename)
cat("PROC MEANS DATA = sashelp.cars;RUN;", file = tempfile_path)
sas_file_upload(local_path = tempfile_path, sas_path = paste0("~/", tempfile_basename))

# copy file on SAS
sas_file_copy(paste0("~/", tempfile_basename), paste0("~/", tempfile_basename_copy))
}