On a UNIX platform, if the CONFIG system option specifies a path enclosed in single or double quotation marks, SAS fails to start. For example, SASFoundation/9.4/sasv9_local.cfg SAS fails to launch and it returns an error if CONFIG contains either of the following:

• -CONFIG "/mnt/sharedconfig/sas/custom.cfg" or
• -CONFIG '/mnt/sharedconfig/sas/custom.cfg'

The error messages are as follows:

• ERROR: Cannot obtain status of "<current directory>'<CONFIG-path>'": No such file or directory
• ERROR: Cannot obtain status of "/opt/sas/'/mnt/sharedconfig/sas/custom.cfg'": No such file or directory

Workaround

To work around the problem, simply remove the quotation marks from the CONFIG path.

A fix for this issue is planned for a future software release.

For more information, see the "CONFIG System Option: UNIX" section of the SAS^® 9.4 Companion for UNIX Environments.