Usage Note 52819: Adding options to a command in the SASApp - Grid Server Properties dialog box might cause the command to fail
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In SAS® Grid Manager, adding options to the Grid Command text box in the SASApp - Grid Server Properties dialog box is a convenient way to pass the options to the underlying SAS command. However, doing so can cause the command to fail. Under certain (unknown) conditions, options that you add might be saved in an ASCII interpretation of Unicode characters. When this happens, the SAS command fails.
For example, suppose that you want to add the option -sasuser ~/sasuser.v93 to the SAS® Grid Server command, as shown below:
When you submit jobs through client utilities (for example, the SASGSUB command) that construct the SASGRID command from text that is stored in metadata, the option that you add might be misinterpreted, as shown below, causing the command to fail:
The problem occurs because the hyphen (–) in front of the SASUSER option is misinterpreted as a Unicode en dash, which is u+2013. That Unicode value (u+2013) is transcoded to the ASCII form in the command.
The solution for this problem is to remove the option from the command line in the properties dialog box and add them to the grid_usermods.cfg file in your GridServer directory, as shown below.
Note: The example shown above is for UNIX operating environments. For Microsoft Windows operating environments, the SASUSERCONNECTOPTS= setting should be preceded by the SET command, and it should specify a Windows path.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Grid Manager | z/OS | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | ||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | ||||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | ||||
| Windows Vista | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | ||||
| Linux | ||||
| Linux for x64 | ||||
| Linux on Itanium | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | ||||
| Type: | Usage Note |
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| Date Modified: | 2014-05-29 14:37:25 |
| Date Created: | 2014-04-24 11:48:44 |