topic Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193 in SAS Programming

ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

sriity_25 — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:05:26 GMT

Hi,

I downladed SAS university edition and I get this error while running the practice programs in Lesson 2: Working with SAS Programs. I defined the orion library by creating ecprg193 setup. But I still get this error.

ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193/country.dat.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

WARNING: The data set WORK.NEWCOUNTRY may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 2 variables.

WARNING: Data set WORK.NEWCOUNTRY was not replaced because this step was stopped.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.03 seconds

cpu time 0.03 seconds

Please help!!

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

ballardw — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:09:12 GMT

Please show the entire code along with the error.

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

sriity_25 — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:14:45 GMT

data work.newcountry;
   length Country_Code $ 2 Country_Name $ 48;
   infile "&path/country.dat" dlm='!'; 
   input Country_Code $ Country_Name $;
run;

proc print data=work.newcountry;
run;

The error is as follows:

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

56 data work.newcountry;

57 length Country_Code $ 2 Country_Name $ 48;

58 infile "&path/country.dat" dlm='!';

59 input Country_Code $ Country_Name $;

60 run;

ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193/country.dat.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

WARNING: The data set WORK.NEWCOUNTRY may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 2 variables.

WARNING: Data set WORK.NEWCOUNTRY was not replaced because this step was stopped.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.03 seconds

cpu time 0.03 seconds

62 proc print data=work.newcountry;

63 run;

NOTE: No observations in data set WORK.NEWCOUNTRY.

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

65 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

ballardw — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:36:01 GMT

And the code assigning the PATH macro variable?

Note the path is going to be case sensitive. So if you named the folder Ecprg193 then that does not match ecprg193.

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

sriity_25 — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:44:25 GMT

What is the code assigning the path?
This is the code I used for the setup
%let path=/folders/myfolders/ecprg193;
libname orion "&path";
And ecprg193 is in lowercase. I havent used Ecprg193 or anyother since I know it is case sensitive.

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

JediApprentice — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:08:11 GMT

When you run your setup program, you should see the note in the log:

NOTE: Libref ORION was successfully assigned

Does this show up?

Are you sure you created the folder you are referencing in that location?

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

sriity_25 — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:25:23 GMT

Yes it does show up.
This is what I got in the log-
1          OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
55
56         %let path=/folders/myfolders/ecprg193;
57         libname orion "&path";
NOTE: Libref ORION was successfully assigned as follows:
       Engine:        V9
       Physical Name: /folders/myfolders/ecprg193
58
59         OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;
71

I did not find any error.

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

sriity_25 — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:23:59 GMT

Yes I am sure. I created a folder "SASuniversityedition" in the desktop with a subfolder "my folders". Then linked it to the virtual box. Started SAS Studio and ran the ecprg193 as per the rules mentioned in the setup.

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

Reeza — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:12:07 GMT

Post a screenshot of that folder. Also, does the folder contain the file referenced?

Can you open it as a text file?

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

Reeza — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:13:45 GMT

In SAS UE, go to the Server Files and Folders Pane.

Find the ECPRG folder, navigate to the file. Right click the file and select properties. You'll get the path to the file. Use that in your code.

Re: ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /folders/myfolders/ecprg193

sriity_25 — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:13:39 GMT

Thank you Reeza, Ballardw and JediApprentice. I uninstalled it and installed it again. It is working now.
The path location was right. I dono exactly what went wrong. But itseems to be working now. Thank you for your replies. Sorry for the late reply.