When the PATHENCODING environment variable has a valid encoding value, SAS^® transcodes the pathname from the session encoding to the specified encoding.

A hot fix is available to allow the pathname in the SAS program match the session encoding.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this Note to access the hot fix for this problem.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4_M2	9.4_M2	9.4 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M2
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4_M2	9.4_M2	9.4 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M2
		HP-UX IPF	9.4_M2	9.4_M2	9.4 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M2
		Linux for x64	9.4_M2	9.4_M2	9.4 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M2
		Solaris for x64	9.4_M2	9.4_M2	9.4 TS1M2	9.4 TS1M2

* 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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A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M1 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/M88.html#52638

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The PATHENCODING environment variable provides an alternative encoding for external file and directory references.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2014-03-26 19:25:01
Date Created:	2014-03-25 15:30:56