Usage Note 3610: "ERROR: Cannot open X display" when running PROC EXPORT or PROC IMPORT in batch mode
When trying to run PROC EXPORT or PROC IMPORT in batch mode on UNIX
systems, you will receive the following error:
ERROR: Cannot open X display.
Check the name/server access authorization.
These procedures were originally designed to be run only in interactive
mode, and therefore expect a calling terminal.
The error occurs when they are run in batch mode because the procedures attempt to
display the SAS Session Manager icon, which requires a valid X display.
PROC EXPORT and PROC IMPORT can be run in batch mode if you specify the
-NOTERMINAL option when
invoking SAS. Here is an example of the syntax:
sas myprogram.sas -noterminal
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | Solaris | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 8 TS M0 | |
| ABI+ for Intel Architecture | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 8 TS M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | |
| HP-UX | 8 TS M0 | |
| Tru64 UNIX | 8 TS M0 | |
| AIX | 8 TS M0 | |
*
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.
| Date Modified: | 2009-09-18 14:58:58 |
| Date Created: | 2000-10-10 14:58:23 |
