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Problem Note 55256: In a UNIX environment, if you use a FILENAME statement to assign a fileref to a named pipe, the SAS® process might become unresponsive
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In SAS® 9.4, if you use a FILENAME statement to assign a fileref to a named pipe as described in SAS Sample 25199, the process might become unresponsive.
The same code works properly in SAS® 9.3 and in previous releases.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||