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Problem Note 68708: Using the FILENAME ZIP access method with a UTF-8 character in the path returns the error "List Handle Creation Failed"
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When you use the FILENAME ZIP access method, an error occurs if the directory path or file name of the ZIP file contains a non-ASCII character. Here is an example:
1 filename foo2 zip "août.zip" member="text.xml" ;
2 data _null_ ;
3 infile foo2;
4 input ;
5 put _infile_ ;
6 run ;
2 data _null_ ;
3 infile foo2;
4 input ;
5 put _infile_ ;
6 run ;
ERROR: Open failure for août.zip during attempt to create a local file handle.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M7 | ||
| SAS System | SAS Viya | Linux for x64 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Viya | Viya |