= SPSS File Handle =

The '''`FILE HANDLE`''' command is used to validate a file path and reference it by a handle name.

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== Usage ==

{{{
file handle my_handle /name='path/to/file'.
}}}

A relative path is relative to the curent working directory.

A defined file handle can be used on any `/FILE`, `/OUTFILE`, `/MATRIX`, or `/WRITE` subcommand.

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== Data Model ==

The `FILE HANDLE` command executes immediately. Pending transformations are ''not'' executed and the active dataset is ''not'' read.

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== See also ==

[[https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/File-Handles.html|PSPP manual on file handles]]



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