Date:         Fri, 30 Nov 2001 11:39:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Kevin Brunson <kbrunson@ND.EDU>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Kevin Brunson <kbrunson@ND.EDU>
Organization: College of Business, Notre Dame
Subject:      win2000 server running disconnected from the desktop
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Let me briefly describe the process:  User starts a CONNECT session on
their local PC to a server via TCP/IP.  Next, two remote parallel
processes execute on the server.  After they finish more SAS appending
and sorting code executes on the server.  I can post sample code if this
description is too vague.

We learned that
  1) if the internet connection is broken (we simply unplugged the
ethernet cable) the entire server program completes normally.

  2) if the user quits their local SAS session, the server process
terminates after the last remote rsubmit finishes.  That is, the
appending and sorting aren't performed (the output from the remote
processes is correct and saved).

The question:
For jobs that require many hours we want the user to have the
opportunity to logoff from Windows and not kill the server
process--think of UNIX background processing.  Is it possible in SAS on
WIN2000 to "trick" the server and disconnect without logging off?
Available options are unpleasant to recommend to every professor who
might use the system:  unplug the ethernet cable, power down without
shutting down, or End Task in Task Manager.

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Kevin Brunson, Research Analyst                         219-631-9448
314 Mendoza College of Business                         FAX     219-631-5255
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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