In SAS^® 9.1.3, Service Pack 4 with Hot Fix E9BC82 applied, an error occurs if the SAS system option WORKTERM is in effect and the WORK library resides in a native MVS data set. When this happens, the following error and warning messages are displayed at SAS termination:

ERROR: Library data set <temp.dataset.name> does not comply with RECFM=FS
requirements or is truncated.

WARNING: THE LIBRARY DATA SET  HAS BEEN TRUNCATED.

In addition, SAS terminates with a session return code of 8, which is typically regarded as a failure in the batch environment.

The error message is incorrect, and the return code should not be a non-zero value unless another error has occurred.

You can circumvent this problem by specifying the SAS system option NOWORKTERM.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at:

After you apply Hot Fix E9BC82, batch jobs may terminate with the following error:

ERROR: Library data set  does not comply with RECFM=FS
requirements or is truncated.