SUPPORT / SAMPLES & SAS NOTES
Problem Note 40675: A misleading message appears if 2 or more directory levels do not exist in a UNIX file system path when running Base SAS® on a z/OS platform
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In SAS® 9, if two or more directory levels do not exist in a UNIX file system (UFS) LIBNAME path, the following message appears in the SAS log:
1 libname tst '/u/sasusr/nothere1/nothere2'; ERROR: User does not have appropriate authorization level for library TST. ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
If only the lowest directory level does not exist, then SAS creates that directory and writes an appropriate NOTE to the SAS log:
1 libname tst '/u/sasusr/nothere1';
NOTE: SAS data library (HFS directory) /u/sasusr/nothere1 did not exist; it
was created.
NOTE: Libref TST was successfully assigned as follows:
Engine: BASE
Physical Name: /u/sasusr/nothere1
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.1 TS1M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |