lookup.xport             package:foreign             R Documentation

Lookup information on a SAS XPORT format library

Description:

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

Usage:

     lookup.xport(file)

Arguments:

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

Value:

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

Author(s):

     Saikat DebRoy

References:

     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>.

See Also:

     'read.xport'

Examples:

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

