HOST

The HOST command executes external commands at the operating system level.

Note: Square brackets used in the HOST syntax chart are required parts of the syntax and are not used to indicate optional elements. Equals signs (=) used in the syntax chart are required elements.

HOST COMMAND=[’command’ ’command’...’command’]
  TIMELIMIT=n.

This command takes effect immediately. It does not read the active dataset or execute pending transformations. See the topic Command Order for more information.

Release History

Release 13.0

• Command introduced.

Example

HOST COMMAND=[’dir c:\myfiles\*.sav’].