If you are using the sasbatch.bat file to execute SAS batch jobs, all this file is doing is calling sas.exe with some options, one of which might be the -LOG option to specify the name and location of the SAS log file. It's the SAS executable that is creating and locking the log file, not sasbatch.
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There are various ways of invoking SAS in batch mode. You can call the SAS command directly from a command line or via a scheduling tool, run the SAS-provided sasbatch BAT file, or run SAS via a user-written BAT or script file. You will need to provide more details of your problem before we can help.
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