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Problem Note 20231: SAS®9 does not support reading and updating of multivolume external files in the same DATA step

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If you use a external multivolume file with both an INFILE and a FILE
statement that appear in the same DATA step, an error message similar to
the following will appear on the SAS log:

   ERROR: OPEN is aborted for file IN01. UPDATE access is not allowed
          for multivolume datasets.

The capability to read and update multivolume files is being considered
for a future software release.

Specific Operating System Information:
For MVS: MVS


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemSAS Release
ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemBase SASz/OS9.1 TS1M3 SP49.3 TS1M0
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.