When you create SAS data sets or other files (including SQL tables) in the UNIX environment, you might receive an error similar to the following:

ERROR: Write to libref.sasdata.DATA failed. File is full and may be damaged. 

There are several reasons this error can occur:

• The UNIX file-size limit for the userid that is running the job has been met. To check UNIX user limits, submit the following at a UNIX prompt using the same userid you used when you received the error:
  unix_prompt> ulimit -a

  You should see information similar to the following:

  time(seconds)        unlimited 
  file(blocks)         unlimited 
  data(kbytes)         2015464   
  stack(kbytes)        81584     
  memory(kbytes)       unlimited  
  coredump(blocks)     4194303   
  nofiles(descriptors) 200       
  

  Note the setting for file(blocks). If file(blocks) is set to a value other than unlimited, then the file size is limited to that setting. Your UNIX system administrator can change this setting for you.

• The directory referenced by the libref in the error might in fact be full. This is especially likely if the directory is the WORK directory.

  When SAS jobs run successfully to completion, any temporary files are removed when the job ends. However, if a SAS job fails, sometimes this is not possible. For this reason, SAS provides you with the cleanwork utility. The cleanwork utility should be run by the root user, so your UNIX system administrator must help you with this.

  If the directory referenced in the error is a directory other than WORK, make sure that there is sufficient space to write your file.

• Make certain that the directory referenced by the libref in the error resides on a file system that is mounted with largefiles enabled. Your UNIX system administrator can confirm this for you.
  
  

  Operating System and Release Information

  Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
  			Reported	Fixed*
  SAS System	Base SAS	64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3
  		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3
  		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3
  		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3
  		Linux	9.1 TS1M3
  		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3
  		Solaris for x64	9.1 TS1M3
  		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3

  * 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.