topic Re: Starting a SAS Session without sourcing sasenv_local in SAS Programming

Starting a SAS Session without sourcing sasenv_local

Flo_And — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 07:28:50 GMT

Hi,

is it possible to start a sas session under Linux without sourcing the sasenv_local?

We use a Veritas Cluster Server with two Linux Systems. The SAS installation is on both systems, but some files which are needed for sasenv_local are just on one system.

#> /opt/sas/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sas -nodms
/opt/sas/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/bin/sasenv_local: line 28: /usd/db97446a/home/db297446/sqllib/db2profile: No such file or directory

Is there a parameter to start the session without loading the sasenv file?

Otherwise is it possible to check the detailed version without starting the sas session?

Thank you for your help!

Re: Starting a SAS Session without sourcing sasenv_local

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:03:20 GMT

Since sasenv_local is a classic sh/ksh/bash script, you can use a condition for the offending line, based on the output of hostname:

if [[ `hostname -s` == XXXXX ]]
then
  . /usd/db97446a/home/db297446/sqllib/db2profile
fi

where XXXXX is the hostname of the server where you have the files available.

Re: Starting a SAS Session without sourcing sasenv_local

Flo_And — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:12:32 GMT

The file isn't fix at one host. It's always on the active system mounted.

Surely I can check if the file is there, but then I have to edit the sasenv_local on 110 servers.

So if there is a possibility to start the session without sasenv, it would help me much.

Re: Starting a SAS Session without sourcing sasenv_local

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:19:22 GMT

Compared to doing 110 SAS installations, implementing that change is a breeze.

And if you had a way to automatically deploy those 110 installations, you also have a way to selectively deploy the sasenv_local or run an awk on it.