Date:         Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:57:23 -0700
Reply-To:     jfh@stanfordalumni.org
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From:         Jack Hamilton <jfh@STANFORDALUMNI.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Unable to clear libname - Libname <name> clear (z/OS)
Comments: To: Carl Denney <cdenney@HEALTHINFOTECHNICS.COM>
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Using

   sleep(10, 1)

makes the sleep call platform-independent.  On Windows, the default unit
is seconds, and on other platforms, the default unit is milliseconds.

So x = sleep(10) on z/OS, the platform used by the original poster,
would cause a pause of 1/100th of a second, not 10 seconds.



On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:13:39 -0500, "Carl Denney"
<cdenney@HEALTHINFOTECHNICS.COM> said:
> Try adding this to make SAS pause for 10 seconds.
> data _null_;x=sleep(10);run;
> At 08:57 AM 9/4/2008, Marc Weinmann wrote:
>
>   Hi all - I am using SAS 9.1 on Z/OS, having trouble clearing a
>   libref
>   using 'libname <name> CLEAR;'  I open four libraries at the
>   start of the
>   program, and clear all four at the end, at least I try to --
>   that's
>   where my problem is.  One libname that won't clear is produced
>   by a PROC
>   SORT data=xxxx out=yyyyy that in a code sense is the immediate
>   preceding
>   SAS statement to my block of LIBNAME <name> clear statements.
>   It would
>   seem perhaps the PROC SORT is still runnning when SAS
>   encounters the
>   LIBNAME name clear statements.
>   A simplified example follows, and the actual error.  The
>   original code
>   is a macro program.  Each time I invoke the macro I want it to
>   open four
>   libraries at the top of the macro, and close four libraries at
>   the end
>   of its code.
>   Any ideas how to wait for the dataset to cease being used, or
>   to check
>   what is using it?
>   Thanks!
>   Marc
>   Error:
>   PRINT(myprog):   LIBNAME SA2FILE "UO.NHRF0810.OFF12SA2"
>   DISP=(NEW,CATLG)
>   UNIT=EUSER LABEL=RETPD=365
>   RROR: Unable to clear or re-assign the library SA2FILE because
>   it is
>   still in use
>   RROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.
>   Program: (&OFFNUM is a macro variable)
>     LIBNAME SA2FILE "UO.NHRF0810.OFF&OFFNUM.SA2"
>   DISP=(NEW,CATLG)
>                   UNIT=EUSER LABEL=RETPD=9 ;
>     <.. Various processing statements ..>
>     PROC SORT DATA=TEMP2.POLS OUT=SA2FILE.POLS; BY REC_NUM;
>     LIBNAME SA2FILE CLEAR;
>
> Carl Denney, MSIE
> Founder
> Health InfoTechnics
> 210 Jamestown Park, Suite 101, Brentwood, TN 37027
> 615/298-4011
> [1]http://www.healthinfotechnics.com
>
> References
>
> 1. http://www.healthinfotechnics.com/


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Jack Hamilton
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