Environment
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Library Definition
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Windows, UNIX
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a group of SAS files
that are stored in the same directory. Other files can be stored in
the directory, but only the files that have SAS file extensions are
recognized as part of the SAS library.
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z/OS
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a specially formatted
host data set in which only SAS files are stored.
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Temporary SAS libraries
last only for the current SAS session.
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If you do not specify
a library name when you create a file, the file is stored in the temporary
SAS library, Work. If you specify the library name Work, then the
file is stored in the temporary SAS library. When you end the session,
the temporary library and all of its files are deleted.
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Permanent SAS libraries
are available to you during subsequent SAS sessions.
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To store files permanently
in a SAS library, specify a library name other than the default library
name Work.
In the example, when
you specify the library name Cert when you create a file, you are
specifying that the file is to be stored in a permanent SAS library.
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