Folder naming conventions

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also known as: directory-specifications

Under Windows I recommend that folder names contain the extension of the files within:

  • csv: Comma-Separated Values, a text file with column names in row one
  • dat: data files, created by sas
  • doc: project document(s), usually MS Word.doc; requirements specifications, data dictionaries, etc.
  • htm or html: ODS output
  • log: sas logs; note: requires command-line option
  • lst: sas output or listing; note: requires command-line option
  • sas: sas programs, i.e.: text files
  • sas7b: sas data sets: *.sas7bdat, format catalogs: *.sas7bcat, etc.
  • txt: data in text
  • xls: Excel, either input or output
  • zip: save all this in an archive file

example: 

C:\SASprojects
C:\SASprojects\ProjA
C:\SASprojects\ProjA\doc
C:\SASprojects\ProjA\sas
C:\SASprojects\ProjA\sas7b
C:\SASprojects\ProjA\zip

see also: http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Batch_processing_under_Windows

--macro maven == the radical programmer 16:15, 7 June 2007 (EDT)

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