Copy Any File With SAS
The code below copies a file byte by byte - so can be used to copy any file, even pictures! It is also platform agnostic (will work on both Unix and Windows).
%macro copyFile(in,out);
/_ these IN and OUT filerefs can point to any file /
filename in ”&in”;
filename out ”&out”;
/ copy the file byte-for-byte /
data _null;
length filein 8 fileid 8;
filein = fopen(‘in’,‘I’,1,‘B’);
fileid = fopen(‘out’,‘O’,1,‘B’);
rec = ‘20’x;
do while(fread(filein)=0);
rc = fget(filein,rec,1);
rc = fput(fileid, rec);
rc =fwrite(fileid);
end;
rc = fclose(filein);
rc = fclose(fileid);
run;
filename in clear;
filename out clear;
%mend;
Credit for this code given to Chris Hemedinger!
