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SYSTASK provide a simple enough solution.
1) start the job with systask
2) sleep for 12 hours
3) wake up and kill the task. If it is done no harm.
systask command 'sas -sysin toBeKilled.sas' taskname="SLOW";
data _null_;
rc = sleep(12*60*60);
run;
systask kill slow;
On 4/12/09, Terry He <he.terry@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI Alex,
>
> Thank you for providing this. I still have a question about how to kill the
> program. Before I sumit the sas program how could I know the sas program
> pid?
>
> Regards
>
> 2009/4/12 Alex Murphy <goladin@gmail.com>
>
> > Hi Terry,
> >
> > You can set up a counter that calculates the time. Should the time counter
> > exceed a certain number, initiate a X command that issue the kill command in
> > SAS?
> >
> > A suggested approach is to use &systime to start the counter and check
> > every 5 minutes whether the time has exceeded the starting time by a time
> > interval of Y. If so, use a do loop to initiate the X command to kill
> > process and quit SAS.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Murphy
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Terry He <he.terry@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> I am running a program which takes a long time. Could I calculate how long
> >> the sas has run this program so far. We can know that from log file.
> >>
> >> The problem is that: If the sas program runs more than 12 hours, I need to
> >> kill this program. Therefore the problem is that I need to ask sas to
> >> calculate how long this program has been running and kill it automatically
> >> if it's over 12 hours.
> >>
> >> Could someone provide some sample code?
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot!
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Murphy Choy
> >
> > Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS V9
> > Certified Basic Programmer for SAS V9
> > DataShaping Certified SAS Professional
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Terry He
>
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