lookup.xport             package:foreign             R Documentation

_L_o_o_k_u_p _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n _o_n _a _S_A_S _X_P_O_R_T _F_o_r_m_a_t _L_i_b_r_a_r_y

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Scans a file as a SAS XPORT format library and returns a list
     containing information about the SAS library.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     lookup.xport(file)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    file: character variable with the name of the file to read.  The
          file must be in SAS XPORT format.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A list with one component for each dataset in the XPORT format
     library.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Saikat DebRoy

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     SAS Technical Support document TS-140: "The Record Layout of a
     Data Set in SAS Transport (XPORT) Format" available as <URL:
     http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/technote/ts140.html>.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'read.xport'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     ## Not run: 
     lookup.xport("transport")
     ## End(Not run)

