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 (or if you specify the library
name Work), 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.
For example, by specifying
the library name
sasuser when you create
a file, you specify that the file is to be stored in a permanent SAS
library until you delete it.
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