In SAS 9.4M5 (TS1M5) and later, the %SYSRPUT macro statement and the %SYSLPUT macro statement are enhanced to allow their values to contain a forward slash (/). For example, the enhancement allows you to use code similar to the following: %SYSRPUT _USER_ / like='d*'; 

However, if your %SYSLPUT or %SYSRPUT value contains a forward slash, existing SAS code fails with the following error:

Here is sample UNIX code that might fail because the WORK library path contains a forward slash:

To work around this issue, use one of the following in the sample code above:

• Use %qsyfunc instead of %sysfunc.
• Put double quotation marks around this code: "%sysfunc(pathname(WORK))"
• Replace it with this: %sysrput remwork = %bquote(%sysfunc(pathname(work));

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M6 is available at:

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M5 is available at: