Date:         Sun, 6 May 2001 12:24:02 -0700
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From:         "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: unix work directory:
In-Reply-To:  <3AF57B43.96AB70FA@wubios.wustl.edu>; from aldi@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU
              on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 11:26:44AM -0500
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on Sun, May 06, 2001 at 11:26:44AM -0500, Aldi Kraja (aldi@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running a program in many loops. I save the results as permanent
> data sets or as *.lst.
> To delete the temporary datasets, Although I have used in many places
> the:
> 
> 
> proc datasets lib=work;
>    delete <specific_sas_datasets_names>;
> 
> I am thinking that a general one in the start of the new loop would do
> the work:
> 
> proc datasets lib=work kill memtype=data nowarn;
> 
> Now my questions are:
> 1. If I am working in a shared unix env., does this kill deletes the
> temporary data created from other programs running parallel with this
> one, or sas in a sastmp directory creates a work dir for each program
> individually? Is there any difference in principle between the 6.12 and
> 8.01 versions?

No.  Your WORK directory is specific to your current SAS job.  Other
jobs and other users will be unaffected.

> -----Directory-----
> 
> Libref:            WORK
> Engine:            V612
> Physical Name:     /sastmp/SAS_worka00003A8C
> File Name:         /sastmp/SAS_worka00003A8C
> 
> 2. Are the sasmac and sascatalog specific to this program or they are
> shared with other programs? So, if I leave out the memtype=data, would
> this delete the macro variables and macro functions created temporary
> from other parallel running programs?
> TIA,
> Aldi

No.

> 
> 
> --

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