Paul, I don't know if this qualify as a better solution, but he can use cleanwork macro (Unix, Windows) available on SAS install dirs or use the file SAS_Disk_Cleanup_Handler.zip available on http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/pc/ to Windows platform. On Unix could be as simple as "rm -rf /workdir" with appropriate permission ^_^.

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Att: Paulo R. Herculano SAS Consultant +55-11-9226 6618 Skål Thunar!!

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Choate, Paul@DDS <pchoate@dds.ca.gov> wrote:

> Hi Ran - > > There's probably something much more elegant out there - but this sort > of code erases inactive SAStemp *folders* (i.e. the folders named like > "\_TD1340\") in XP, given that your work directory is named "work": > > data _null_; > CALL SYMPUT('temppath','27'x||"dir /s/b/a:d "||'22'x|| > substr(pathname("work"),1,length(pathname("work"))-7) > ||'2227'x); > run; > > options noxsync noxwait; > filename dir pipe &temppath; > data _null_; > infile dir; input; > if pathname("work") ne _infile_ then > call execute('%sysexec RD /s/q '||quote(_infile_)); > run; > filename dir; > > You can fire it off from your autoexec at the beginning of a session - > but note that if you crashed and want those files they will be deleted. > > Paul Choate > DDS Data Extraction > (916) 654-2160 > > -----Original Message----- > From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ran > S > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:26 PM > To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > Subject: Temp files > > Hi: > > I sometimes have problem with the SAS temporary files. I keep getting > this > message...temp folder is full or damaged. But when I did clear that > folder > manually, it was working fine. Looks like these temp files are not > deleting > when SAS session ends. Is there any code that we can use or write in > autoexec so that when SAS session ends or new starts it clears up temp > files and ready to roll for the new files? > > Thanks! >