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Problem Note 69841: The FEXIST and FILEREF functions do not return the correct values when used with the FILENAME SFTP access method statement in SAS® 9.4M7 (TS1M7)
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In SAS 9.4M7, the FEXIST and FILEREF functions do not return the correct values when used with the FILENAME SFTP access method statement.
Here is sample code that triggers this issue:
filename in sftp '<file on remote ftp server>'
host="remote host"
user= ;
data _null_;
%put fexist=%sysfunc(fexist(in));
%put fileref=%sysfunc(fileref(in));
run;
host="remote host"
user= ;
data _null_;
%put fexist=%sysfunc(fexist(in));
%put fileref=%sysfunc(fileref(in));
run;
If the file exists, the FEXIST function should return a value of 1 and the FILEREF function should return a value of 0.
If the file does NOT exist, the FEXIST function should return a value of 0 and the FILEREF function should return a nonzero value such as -20006.
For more information about another issue with the FILENAME SFTP statement, see SAS Note 69404.
A hot fix is planned for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 |
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M6 | 9.4_M8 | 9.4 TS1M6 | 9.4 TS1M8 | ||