Base SAS 9.1.3 Procedures Guide - Acsu Buffalo

The REGISTRY Procedure 4 PROC REGISTRY Statement 849
libname
is the name of the library in which the registry file resides.
registry-name-1
is the name of the first registry.
Requirement:
Interaction:
option.
Must be used with COMPAREREG2.
To specify a single key and all of its subkeys, specify the STARTAT=
Featured in: Example 4 on page 858
COMPAREREG2=’libname.registry-name-2’
specifies the second of two registries to compare. The results appear in the SAS log.
libname
is the name of the library in which the registry file resides.
registry-name-2
is the name of the second registry.
Requirement: Must be used with COMPAREREG1.
Featured in: Example 4 on page 858
COMPARETO=file-specification
compares the contents of a file that contains registry information to a registry. It
returns information about keys and values that it finds in the file that are not in the
registry. It reports as differences
3 keys that are defined in the external file but not in the registry
3 value names for a given key that are in the external file but not in the registry
3 differences in the content of like-named values in like-named keys.
COMPARETO= does not report as differences any keys and values that are in the
registry but not in the file because the registry could easily be composed of pieces
from many different files.
file-specification is one of the following:
’external-file’
is the path and name of an external file that contains the registry information.
fileref
is a fileref that has been assigned to an external file.
Requirement: You must have previously associated the fileref with an external
file in a FILENAME statement, a FILENAME function, the Explorer window, or
an appropriate operating environment command.
Interaction: By default, PROC REGISTRY compares file-specification to the
SASUSER portion of the registry. To compare file-specification to the SASHELP
portion of the registry, specify the option USESASHELP.
Featured in: Example 3 on page 857
See also: For information about how to structure a file that contains registry
information, see “Creating Registry Files with the REGISTRY Procedure” on page
852.
DEBUGON
enables registry debugging by providing more descriptive log entries.
DEBUGOFF
disables registry debugging.