On a UNIX platform, if the CONFIG system option specifies a path enclosed in single or double quotation marks, SAS fails to start. For example, SASFoundation/9.4/sasv9_local.cfg SAS fails to launch and it returns an error if CONFIG contains either of the following:

• -CONFIG "/mnt/sharedconfig/sas/custom.cfg" or
• -CONFIG '/mnt/sharedconfig/sas/custom.cfg'

The error messages are as follows:

• ERROR: Cannot obtain status of "<current directory>'<CONFIG-path>'": No such file or directory
• ERROR: Cannot obtain status of "/opt/sas/'/mnt/sharedconfig/sas/custom.cfg'": No such file or directory

Workaround

To work around the problem, simply remove the quotation marks from the CONFIG path.

A fix for this issue is planned for a future software release.

For more information, see the "CONFIG System Option: UNIX" section of the SAS^® 9.4 Companion for UNIX Environments.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	64-bit Enabled AIX		9.4 TS1M4
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX		9.4 TS1M4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris		9.4 TS1M4
		ABI+ for Intel Architecture		9.4 TS1M4
		AIX		9.4 TS1M4
		Tru64 UNIX		9.4 TS1M4
		Solaris for x64		9.4 TS1M4
		OpenVMS on HP Integrity		9.4 TS1M4
		Solaris		9.4 TS1M4
		Linux on Itanium		9.4 TS1M4
		OpenVMS Alpha		9.4 TS1M4
		Linux for x64		9.4 TS1M4
		IRIX		9.4 TS1M4
		Linux		9.4 TS1M4
		HP-UX		9.4 TS1M4
		HP-UX IPF		9.4 TS1M4

* 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.

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This note describes a SAS start-up failure under UNIX when the path specified by the CONFIG system option is enclosed within quotation marks.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2016-10-07 11:39:40
Date Created:	2016-10-06 11:57:42