Date:         Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:18:25 +0100
Reply-To:     Peter Crawford <peter.crawford@DB.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Peter Crawford <peter.crawford@DB.COM>
Subject:      sas/connect script issues
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Hi
it is now (v8.1) very convenient that signon scripts support
macro variables and will even execute macros.
So, it becomes practical to have a common script with macrovars
for userid and password
(especially useful for batch jobs using remote connect sessions)

Also convenient, is the occasional line like
log "SIGNON: waiting for startup %now";

Where that %now macro resolves to the current time on the client.

One problem for which your help will be appreciated surfaces
when I want some diagnostics.
I use invocation(only) option  -verbose like
type 'sas -dmr -comamid tcp -device grlink -noterminal -verbose -nosyntaxcheck' LF;

Unfortunately, the standard tcpunix signon script was not handling
the - verbose dialog successfully, with the normal script lines

waitfor 'SESSION ESTABLISHED', 90 seconds : nosas;
log 'NOTE: SAS/CONNECT conversation established.';
stop;

The expected text was not being displayed.
Instead the output from -verbose is displayed
and this seems to need some interaction, before
the normal dialog output continues.

On one trace-ed session, I noticed text like "Standard input"
appearing just before the connect script timed-out.

For a quick fix I added some lines to my copy of the script
after
type 'sas -dmr -comamid tcp -device grlink -noterminal -verbose -nosyntaxcheck' LF;

I added
waitfor_session:
   waitfor 'SESSION ESTABLISHED'
         , 'tandard input'       : standard_input
         , 90 seconds : nosas;

   log 'NOTE: SAS/CONNECT conversation established.';
   stop;
standard_input:
   log "SIGNON: waiting for startup %now";
         type ' ' LF ;
goto waitfor_session ;


So, on to the questions.......................
Is there some extra options to add to that SAS start up command
to direct all outputs to the connect dialog buffers ?
or
is there a way to ensure that "Standard input"  can be relied upon ?

Have I stumbled on a reliable solution or can I
expect the connect dialog to change at the next
release of sas and/or aix  ??!!

this issue has been tracked as ref uk1006677

seasons greetings
Peter Crawford



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