topic ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted. in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-Permanent-copy-of-file-WORK-SASTMP-000000099-n-UTILITY-was/m-p/204104#M38001 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>First I have been getting error messages about a "lock is not available," but I think it was my clumsy code.&nbsp; I made sure I was not overwriting datasets in my program.</P><P></P><P>However now, I'm see this weird error I have not seen before:</P><P></P><P>ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted.</P><P></P><P>What is this, and how can I fix it?&nbsp; I've looked through the web, and there isn't much answers out there.</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 01:22:38 GMT dtchoi86 2015-03-18T01:22:38Z ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted. https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-Permanent-copy-of-file-WORK-SASTMP-000000099-n-UTILITY-was/m-p/204104#M38001 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>First I have been getting error messages about a "lock is not available," but I think it was my clumsy code.&nbsp; I made sure I was not overwriting datasets in my program.</P><P></P><P>However now, I'm see this weird error I have not seen before:</P><P></P><P>ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted.</P><P></P><P>What is this, and how can I fix it?&nbsp; I've looked through the web, and there isn't much answers out there.</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 01:22:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-Permanent-copy-of-file-WORK-SASTMP-000000099-n-UTILITY-was/m-p/204104#M38001 dtchoi86 2015-03-18T01:22:38Z Re: ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted. https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-Permanent-copy-of-file-WORK-SASTMP-000000099-n-UTILITY-was/m-p/204105#M38002 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you are running SAS in the wonderful world of Windows, these problem notes might put you on the right track to find the source of the problem:</P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/18/679.html" title="http://support.sas.com/kb/18/679.html">18679 - "ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.ZFMMEM.UTILITY was deleted" might be generated by the TRANSPOSE or RANK procedure</A></P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/41488.html" title="http://support.sas.com/kb/41488.html">41488 - "ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK._tf0007.UTILITY was deleted" might occur with PROC FREQ</A></P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/39358.html" title="http://support.sas.com/kb/39358.html">39358 - Errors are written to the SAS® log when you have Kaspersky Internet Security or Kaspersky Anti-Virus installed and are running SAS® 9.2</A></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Mar 2015 06:58:29 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-Permanent-copy-of-file-WORK-SASTMP-000000099-n-UTILITY-was/m-p/204105#M38002 Kurt_Bremser 2015-03-18T06:58:29Z Re: ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted. https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-Permanent-copy-of-file-WORK-SASTMP-000000099-n-UTILITY-was/m-p/620229#M182214 If possible, you might consider updating the link to: <A href="http://support.sas.com/kb/18/679.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/kb/18/679.html</A> it seems to be dead. Thanks for the posts. -KJ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:47:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/ERROR-Permanent-copy-of-file-WORK-SASTMP-000000099-n-UTILITY-was/m-p/620229#M182214 kjohnsonm 2020-01-27T16:47:54Z