[R] file size limit for importing SAS file

[Peter Dalgaard]

"Guenther, Cameron" <Cameron.Guenther at myfwc.com> writes:

> Does anyone know if there is a file size limit for inputting a SAS data
> set?  The file size I am trying to import is 184 MB.
> The code is:
> 
> >library("foreign")   
> >  
> > sashome<-"C:/Program Files/SAS Institute/SAS/V8"
> > input.data<-read.ssd( file.path("G:/DATA/Cam/ECPATH/FIM"),"tbm_c", 
> +        sascmd=file.path(sashome,"sas.exe") ) 
> 
> The return message is:
> 
> SAS failed.  SAS program at
> C:\DOCUME~1\CAMERO~1.GUE\LOCALS~1\Temp\Rtmp17498\file11436.sas 
> The log file will be file11436.log in the current directory
> Warning message:
> SAS return code was 2 in: read.ssd(file.path("G:/DATA/Cam/ECPATH/FIM"),
> "tbm_c", sascmd = file.path(sashome,  
> > 

Well, the error says that SAS failed and that step should be quite
immune to size limitations. So what is inside that log file? 

This part looks dodgy:

...file.path("G:/DATA/Cam/ECPATH/FIM"),"tbm_c",...

Should "tbm_c" be inside the parens?

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