Date:         Tue, 9 May 2006 15:38:29 -0700
Reply-To:     "Choate, Paul@DDS" <pchoate@DDS.CA.GOV>
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From:         "Choate, Paul@DDS" <pchoate@DDS.CA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Please help me : ERROR: Write to WORK.test failed. File is
              full and may be damaged
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Great suggestion Dave. The first time I opened my SAS TEMP and saw the 8
gigabytes of crash leftovers dating back a couple years I was quite
surprised.

I recommend keeping a favorite folder link in SAS Explorer pointing to
SAS's TEMP directory for just such events.

Paul Choate
DDS Data Extraction
(916) 654-2160

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
David
> L Cassell
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 10:43 PM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Please help me : ERROR: Write to WORK.test failed. File
is
> full and may be damaged
>
> ............
> [1] If you crash SAS, you cannot expect SAS to be alive to clean up
the
> tempwork directories.  You may need to do this yourself.  A crash
while
> working with an enormous data set may have left a key partition of
your
> disk clogged with junk.  Clean up, then try again.
> ............
>
> HTH,
> David
> --
> David L. Cassell
> mathematical statistician
> Design Pathways
> 3115 NW Norwood Pl.
> Corvallis OR 97330
>