Chapter 10: Windows Operating Environment

Specifying File Attributes for Windows

You can apply file attributes by using FTP or the FTP access method options in the FILENAME statement, whichever is applicable . For details about the syntax for the FILENAME statement, see SAS Language Reference: Dictionary . For details, see "Example: Using the FILENAME Statement to Specify Transport File Attributes for All Target Machines" on page 38.

Identifying the SAS Version Used to Create a Member Under Windows

Table 10.1 on page 59 identifies the supported file types that are created on the Windows operating environment by member and SAS version:

Table 10.1: Windows Filename Extension by Member and SAS Version

Member Type	SAS 6 Filename Extension	SAS 8 and Later Filename Extension
SAS	.sas	.sas
PROGRAM (DATA step)	.ss2	.sas7bpgm
DATA	.sd2	.sas7bdat
INDEX	.si2	.sas7bndx
CATALOG	.sc2	.sas7bcat
MDDB	.sm2	.sas7bmdb
PROC SQL view	.sv2	.sas7bvew

SAS 9 and 8 filename extensions are identical.

Furthermore, you can use the CONTENTS procedure to display information about the data.

Here is an excerpt of typical PROC CONTENTS output, which identifies the member and the engine that was used to create it:

 The SAS System    The CONTENTS Procedure Data Set Name: TEST.CONTENTS Member Type:   DATA Engine:        V9 

This output shows that the data set TEST.CONTENTS is a member of type DATA, and that it was created with the V9 engine.