sas_file_download: Download a file from SAS

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Download a file from SAS

Description

Downloads a file to the remote SAS server.

Usage

sas_file_download(sas_path, local_path)

Arguments

sas_path	string; Path of file on remote SAS server to be download
local_path	string; Path to upload SAS file to on local machine.

Value

logical; value indicating if the operation succeeded.

See Also

Other file management functions: sas_file_copy(), sas_file_exists(), sas_file_remove(), sas_file_upload(), sas_list()

Examples

# connect to SAS
sas_connect()

# create an example file
local_path <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
cat("some example text", file = tempfile_path)

sas_path <- readline(
  "Please provide the full path to upload an example file to (e.g., ~/example.txt)."
)
sas_file_upload(local_path, sas_path)

# download the uploaded file
local_copy_path <- sub("\\.txt$", "_copy.txt", tempfile_path)
sas_file_download(sas_path, local_copy_path)

# cleanup
unlink(local_path)
unlink(local_copy_path)
sas_file_remove(sas_path)

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