The SAS package maker ( pkgmaker ), is a perl script that creates a complete directory structure for a new SAS task. The task directory structure is created under the current directory. ... A new directory structure can be created anywhere by simply typing pkgmaker and answering the questions asked. ... When a new task directory structure is created, all the files in the subdirectory pkgmaker/template under the main SAS package directory are copied to the new directory tree. ...