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Problem Note 39397: Using SYSTASK statement to submit UNIX command causes error if SHELL= is specified
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If you attempt to execute any UNIX command using the SYSTASK COMMAND statement in SAS® 9.2, and you have specified the SHELL= option, the following error occurs:
ERROR: Could not create a new process.
Here is an example of syntax that causes the error:
systask command 'date' shell='ksh';
This behavior did not occur in SAS 9.1.3, and has been corrected in SAS 9.3.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||