Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:27:56 EDT
Reply-To: Bernard Tremblay <imaginasys@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Bernard Tremblay <imaginasys@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Determining PID's for a SAS job in UNIX
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Hi Joe,
You haven't specified wich 'flavor' of Unix you are using. But I know
that, on Solaris, the hex value of the PID was part of the Work directory
that SAS create. SAS has a C program called 'cleanwork' that scans for work
directories on a disk. It extract the PID from the work name and then
checks if the process is still alive, if not then it delete the work
directory. It should be installed in your
"!SASROOT/utilities" directory (or you may find it on the SAS web site).
Take a look and find out your answer coded in C right there!
Good luck,
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>From: "DeShon, Joe" <jdesho01@SPRINTSPECTRUM.COM>
>Reply-To: "DeShon, Joe" <jdesho01@SPRINTSPECTRUM.COM>
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Determining PID's for a SAS job in UNIX
>Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:53:23 -0500
>
>Our SAS UNIX documentation says that SAS creates work files based on the
>PID. Specifically:
>
> "This subdirectory (the WORK data library) is usually named SAS_workcode
>where code is a 12-character code based on the process ID of the SAS
>session"
>
>For example, on our system we have a work directory named
>SAS_work53880000FA8A_itp00b006
>
>Is there a way to figure out what the PID is from that name? I assume the
>code is 53880000FA8A
>but that isn't the hexidecimal representation of any PID's that I know of.
>Maybe there's some other stuff embedded in there.
>
>Or ... (and here's what I'm really asking) ... is there a way to figure out
>the PID associated with any file on UNIX, whether it's a SAS dataset or
>not.
>(Okay, I couldn't ask that one first without being accused of asking an
>off-topic question. But I'm really more interested in SAS work files.)
>
>Anybody with a clue?
>
>Joe DeShon
>Program Manager, Database Marketing
>Market Insights Group
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