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kiran_mk
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi, 

 

I noticed the below errors in Event Viewer (Windows server 2012), has anyone encountered this before. any suggestions or help would be appreciated.  

 

 

SAS Error Event: host_nonpc_options_work: Environment Variable exists in the WORK option path. S:\SAS94\SAS_TEMP\!username

SAS Error Event: host_nonpc_options_work: Environment Variable exists in the WORK option path. S:\SAS94\SAS_TEMP\!usernametoexec.sas

SAS Error Event: host_nonpc_options_work: Environment Variable exists in the WORK option path. S:\SAS94\SAS_TEMP\!usernameOT\hpdmine\sasexe"          "!SASROOT\hpets\sasexe"          "!SASROOT\hps\sasexe"          "!SASROOT\hpstat\sasexe"          "!SASROOT\iml\sasexe"          "!SASROOT\inttech\sasexe"          "!SASROOT\lasreng\sasexe"          "!SASROOT\or\sasexe"  

 

 

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SimonDawson
SAS Employee
I'd say you have a situation where a SAS session is being launched in a context where the `username` environment variable doesnt exist. This results in the error.

You can tell who owns a work folder by just looking at the creator of the folder. Why not just set -WORK "S:\SAS94\SAS_TEMP"?

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SimonDawson
SAS Employee
What is your WORK option set to in your sasv9.cfg?
kiran_mk
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi.

 

Below is the folder assigned for SAS work.

 

-WORK "S:\SAS94\SAS_TEMP\!username"

 

SimonDawson
SAS Employee
I'd say you have a situation where a SAS session is being launched in a context where the `username` environment variable doesnt exist. This results in the error.

You can tell who owns a work folder by just looking at the creator of the folder. Why not just set -WORK "S:\SAS94\SAS_TEMP"?
kiran_mk
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks for the response, I will set the work directory as you have suggested. 

 

kiran_mk
Obsidian | Level 7

Simon, Appreciate your help.

 

Followed your instruction and changed the work directory to -WORK "S:\SAS94\SAS_TEMP.

No errors were found in Event Viewer.  

 

 

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