Chapter 11: The COPY Procedure


Overview: COPY Procedure

The COPY procedure copies one or more SAS files from a SAS data library.

Generally, the COPY procedure functions the same as the COPY statement in the DATASETS procedure. The two differences are as follows :

  • The IN= argument is required with PROC COPY. In the COPY statement, IN= is optional. If IN= is omitted, the default value is the libref of the procedure input library.

  • PROC DATASETS cannot work with libraries that allow only sequential data access.

Note: The MIGRATE procedure is available specifically for migrating a SAS data library from a previous release to the most recent release. For migration, PROC MIGRATE offers benefits that PROC COPY does not. For documentation on PROC MIGRATE, see the Migration Community at http://support.sas.com/rnd/migration .




Base SAS 9.1.3 Procedures Guide (Vol. 1)
Base SAS 9.1 Procedures Guide, Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4
ISBN: 1590472047
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 260

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