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
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.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| 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 |
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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.
In SAS® 9.4 in UNIX environments, using a FILENAME statement to assign a fileref to a named pipe can cause the process to hang.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2015-03-05 13:13:08 |
| Date Created: | 2015-02-19 18:09:26 |
