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FILENAME:  MAKETRANS.SAS
SUBJECT HEADING:  DATA
INITIALS:  BML
DATE:  30 JUL 96
PROGRAM:  SAS
VERSION:  6.11 TS040
PLATFORM:  WINDOWS
TITLE:  CREATING SAS TRANSPORT FILES FROM SAS DATASETS

DESCRIPTION:  SAS DATASETS ARE DESIGNED TO WORK ON ONE PLATFORM (E.G.,
UNIX, MAC, WINDOWS) ONLY.  TO MOVE A SAS DATASET FROM ONE PLATFORM TO
ANOTHER, YOU NEED TO CONVERT THE SAS DATASET INTO A SAS TRANSPORT FILE. 
THEN YOU CAN MOVE THE TRANSPORT FILE TO THE NEW PLATFORM (ALWAYS REMEMBER
TO FTP IT IN BINARY MODE).  FINALLY, YOU CHANGE THE SAS TRANSPORT FILE
BACK INTO A SAS DATASET.  THIS NEW SAS DATASET WILL BE IN THE PROPER 
FORMAT FOR THE NEW PLATFORM.  THE EXAMPLE BELOW SHOWS HOW A SAS TRANSPORT 
FILE IS MADE FROM AN EXISTING SAS DATASET. 

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options linesize=72;

data example;

  input var1 var2 $ var3;
  datalines;
  2345 able 423.55
  36625 baker 6262.65
  485 charlie 4.46
  ;

proc print data=example;
  title 'printout of example data';
run;

/*

THE XPORT OPTION IN THE LIBNAME STATEMENT BELOW TELLS SAS TO MAKE THE 
TRANSPORT FILE.  NOTE THAT THE LIBNAME STATEMENT SPECIFIES THE NAME OF 
THE TRANSPORT FILE -- NOT JUST THE PATH.

*/

libname transprt xport 'c:\temp\tranfile.xpt';

proc copy in=work out=transprt;
  select example;
run;