ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted.

[dtchoi86]

First I have been getting error messages about a "lock is not available," but I think it was my clumsy code.  I made sure I was not overwriting datasets in my program.

However now, I'm see this weird error I have not seen before:

ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.'SASTMP-000000099'n.UTILITY was deleted.

What is this, and how can I fix it?  I've looked through the web, and there isn't much answers out there.

Thank you in advance.

[Kurt_Bremser]

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:

18679 - "ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK.ZFMMEM.UTILITY was deleted" might be generated by the TR...

41488 - "ERROR: Permanent copy of file WORK._tf0007.UTILITY was deleted" might occur with PROC FREQ

39358 - Errors are written to the SAS® log when you have Kaspersky Internet Security or Kaspersky An...

[kjohnsonm]

If possible, you might consider updating the link to: http://support.sas.com/kb/18/679.html it seems to be dead. Thanks for the posts. -KJ