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Revision: 64183
at July 12, 2013 01:11 by webonomic
Initial Code 
/*Single file reference*/
libname sasclass 'c:\training\basics';
%let loc = %sysfunc(pathname(sasclass)); 


/*Multiple files reference*/
%put %sysfunc(pathname(sashelp));
/*
( 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\nls\en\SASCFG' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\core\sashelp'
'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\af\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\assist\sashelp'
'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\connect\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\eis\sashelp'
'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\ets\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\graph\sashelp'
'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\iml\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\insight\sashelp'
'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\lab\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\or\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\qc\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\stat\sashelp' 'C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\tmine\sashelp' )
*/
Initial URL 
http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Tip_of_the_Day:July_11
Initial Description 
If you know a libref or fileref, the PATHNAME function can be used to return the physical location.

If the libref refers to more than one physical location, all of those locations will be returned, in quotes, separated by spaces, with the whole list in parentheses:
Initial Title 
Using PATHNAME to Retrieve a Physical Path
Initial Tags 
path, function
Initial Language 
SAS