54549 - A SAS® program that uses PROC PRINTTO with a FILENAME that uses the EMAIL engine fails with a system 0C4 in SAS® 9.4

Problem Note 54549: A SAS® program that uses PROC PRINTTO with a FILENAME that uses the EMAIL engine fails with a system 0C4 in SAS® 9.4

A SAS^® program that contains a PRINTTO procedure that writes to a FILENAME using the EMAIL engine fails with a system 0C4 abend in all maintenance levels of SAS 9.4. A sample program is shown below:

DATA GAS;                                                           
INPUT MILE MM DD YY PRICE GALS TOTAL BRAND & $12. CITY & $20.;      
LABEL MILE='ODOMETER READING';                                      
CARDS;                                                              
6950  8 27 78 68.9 9.2 6.35   HUDSON     IND. STATE LINE            
7116  8 27 78 58.9 5.4 3.2    MOBILE     ST. LOUIS                   
7342  8 28 78 58.9 7.1 4.2    APCO     KANSAS CY                      
7616  8 29 78 62.9 7.2 5      VICKERS  HUTCHINSON KS                
7761  9 1 78  62.9 6 3.8      VICKERS  HUTCHINSON KS                
7936  9 1 78  61.9 6.1  3.75  APCO     PONCA CITY  OK               
8012  9 2 78  58.9 2.7  1.5   HUDSON        STILLWATER OH           
8251  9 2 78  61.9 7.1 4.92   CLARK    SPRINGFIELD MO;             
                                                                  
PROC PRINTTO PRINT=SASLIST;                                         
  FILENAME SASLIST EMAIL TO =("XXXXXX.XXXXXX@XXXXXX.COM")             
  FROM=("XXXXXX.XXXXXX@XXXXXX.COM")                                   
  SUBJECT="TEST";                                                   
  run;                                                              
PROC PRINT DATA=GAS LABEL;                                          
  TITLE 'GASOLINE STATISTICS DATA';                                 
  run;

To circumvent this problem, add the following code to the end of your SAS program or in the TERMSTMT option:

PROC PRINTTO; 
   RUN;

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Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.4 TS1M1	9.4 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.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2014-11-14 16:52:44
Date Created:	2014-11-06 08:45:29

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Problem Note 54549: A SAS® program that uses PROC PRINTTO with a FILENAME that uses the EMAIL engine fails with a system 0C4 in SAS® 9.4

Operating System and Release Information