topic sas temporary file cleaning - sastmp-000000001 in SAS Programming

sas temporary file cleaning - sastmp-000000001

m491_2 — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:27:10 GMT

Hello,

There is any chance to clean during the sas session sastmp-000000001.sas7bitm?

I was trying to use code below but error occur. Maybe you know any solution how to force SAS to clean such files during the session?

%let wpath=%sysfunc(pathname(work));
%put &wpath;

filename sascbtbl "&wpath.\sastmp-000000001.sas7bitm";

data _null_;
file "&wpath.\sastmp-000000001.sas7bitm";
run;

ERROR: File is in use,

Re: sas temporary file cleaning - sastmp-000000001

ballardw — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:54:58 GMT

The message is pretty clear, something is using the file. Most likely SAS. SAS will remove temporary files when no longer needed unless you crash SAS, so not a good idea.

That file an Item Store which are related to a variety of things such as your online help or possibly custom ods templates. Generally removing or editing item stores without a good knowledge of exactly each is for will break something.