In a UNIX environment,
the SAS RFC Server for SAP is installed in the
!SASROOT/saspgm/dbi/bin directory.
You must add this directory to the
PATH environment
variable and add the location of the shared libraries to the appropriate
environment variable. For details about how to set up environment
variables, see
Post-Installation Instructions for SAS/ACCESS
Interface to R/3.
To start the SAS RFC
Server in a UNIX environment, use this command:
sasrfc_server [-d 0|1|2|3|4|5|6] [-n name] [-p port] [-w workdir] [-N namespace]
[-V variant] [-help] [-c dialog_compat_port]
[-b "-p port-number -V variant_name -R report_name"]
[-B number_of_bytes]
Optional parameters
are enclosed in brackets [ ].
To stop the SAS RFC
Server in a UNIX environment, use this command:
sasrfc_server [-k] [-p port]
Optional parameters
are enclosed in brackets [ ].
Here are the options
for the SAS RFC Server command for UNIX.
-d n
specifies whether to
run the server as a daemon process or as an application and specifies
the diagnostic level. The server is run as a daemon process when you
specify -dn (where n=0)
or when you do not specify the -dn option.
After successful initialization, all messages are routed to syslog.
When you specify the -dn option
(where n= any number between 1 and 6),
the program runs as an application and messages are routed to standard
error. Higher diagnostic levels route more detailed messages to standard
error.
-n name
specifies the name
of the service. This option distinguishes among multiple daemon processes.
For example, a test service might be started as -n test.
-p port
identifies the port
number on which the service listens. The default is 6999.
-w workdir
specifies the working
directory. For example, if your working directory is named tmp,
use -w /tmp to specify this option.
-N namespace
specifies the namespace
for ABAP functions and programs that SAS uses. The default is /SAS/.
If the ABAP programs are installed in the customer namespace instead
of in the /SAS/ namespace, this parameter
identifies where ABAP programs are installed.
-V variant
specifies the report
variant that is assigned to this server. You must assign a report
variant for each SAS RFC Server that accesses an SAP application server
in batch mode. The variant parameter G_DEST specifies a unique destination
to call back to the SAS RFC Server.
-help
specifies that you
want to display command line Help.
-c dialog_compat_port
identifies the option
that, when specified, runs the SAS RFC Server in SAS 8 compatibility
mode on the port indicated by the dialog_compat_port parameter.
The port number must be different from the one used for the SAS 9
requests. If you omit the -c option, no dialog compatibility is available.
-b“-p port_number [optional] -V variant_name [required] -R report_name”
[optional]
allowss batch compatibility
so that you can process SAS 8 ACCR3 requests while you are using a
SAS 9 RFC Server. You must use double quotation marks in the batch
compatibility option to separate batch compatibility parameters from
SAS 9 parameters that use the same syntax. If you omit the port parameter,
the port number defaults to 6999. The
report variant parameter must be a valid variant of the report. The
values in port_number, variant_name,
and report_name must be different
from the values that SAS 9 and dialog compatibility uses.
-B number_of_bytes
sets the minimum buffer
size for data transfers in batch and dialog modes. The number
of bytes should be greater than 10,000 and no
more than 8 digits, or it is ignored. If you omit the -B option, the
default is 10,000 bytes. In batch mode, if you specify a value for
the G_BUFMAX parameter that is less than the value of -B, the -B value
is used.
For example, to start
the SAS RFC Server as a daemon process with the name of
test on
port number
6991, use this command:\
sasrfc_server -n test -p 6991
This sample command
shows how to display command line Help:
To start the SAS RFC
Server with debug level
4 on port number
6991,
use this command:
sasrfc_server -d 4 -p 6991
To stop a SAS RFC Server
that is running on port number
6991,
use this command: