Problem Note 57759: Using the FILENAME statement, CLIPBOARD Access Method on a UNIX host does not return the contents of the recent clipboard
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In SAS® 9.4, when you use the FILENAME statement, CLIPBOARD Access Method on a UNIX-based host, you do not get the most recent contents of the clipboard. The following code runs successfully in Windows operating environments but gives incorrect results on UNIX based-hosts:
/* step 1 */
filename out clipbrd;
data _null_;
file out;
txt = 'qqqq';
put txt;
run;
filename out clear;
/* step 2 */
filename out clipbrd;
data _null_;
file out;
txt = 'xxxxaaaa';
put txt;
run;
filename out clear;
/* step 3 */
filename in clipbrd;
data _null_;
infile in;
input;
txt = _infile_;
put txt=;
run;
filename in clear;
When you run this code under UNIX, step 3 returns the contents of the clipboard from step 1, not from step 2.
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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 | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||||
A fix for this issue for Base SAS User Interface 9.4_M3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/Y60.html#57759A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.4_M3 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/V01.html#57759
The FILENAME statement, CLIPBOARD Access Method on a UNIX host does not return the contents of the recent clipboard; it also does not support records greater than 256.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2016-03-31 09:59:29 |
| Date Created: | 2016-02-29 16:09:54 |