Date:         Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:35:06 -0500
Reply-To:     "Chaudhury, Jayati [IT]" <jayati.chaudhury@CITIGROUP.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Chaudhury, Jayati [IT]" <jayati.chaudhury@CITIGROUP.COM>
Subject:      Entry lock issue for macro
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Hi SAS experts,

I am getting the following error while invoking the GENERATEOUTPUT macro:

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ERROR: Entry lock is not available for CREATE_OUTPUT.MACRO in catalog WORK.SASMACR, lock held by Program
       /apps/run_mac.sas.
ERROR: Entry CREATE_OUTPUT.MACRO already exists in catalog WORK.SASMACR.
ERROR: Entry lock is not available for GENERATEOUTPUT.MACRO in catalog WORK.SASMACR, lock held by Program
       /apps/run_mac.sas.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


It seems like the run_mac.sas program is holding the lock but I don't know how to get rid of the lock.

The run_mac.sas is a simple program as follows:

%macro run_mac;
%put "Running command.";
%mend;
&sysparm;

Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Thks
Jayati