Starting & Stopping SAS for UNIX

• X Terminal
  All of the Statlab machines have Xterminal software. Open the NETWORK folder and click on the Xwindow on biscu icon, then start SAS by typing:

  sas -fsdevice X11

  in the XTERM window.
  If you are using an X terminal outside the Statlab and you telnet to the Statlab SUN, you can set your X display to your machine by entering:

  setenv DISPLAY your IP address:0

  To exit:
  Click at File/Exit or type bye at the command line

• ASCII Terminal
  If you don't have an X terminal, you use just telnet, you can work with SAS interactivly by starting it with

  sas

  In case you get error messages, like "Can't open X display" enter

  sas -fsdevice ascii

  To exit:
  Type at the command line

  bye

  or run a program

  endsas;
  

• Batch mode
  

  If you have a program file "myprog.sas" you can run SAS in batch mode:

  sas myprog.sas
  

  The log is saved in "myprog.log", the output in "myprog.lis"

The Syntax of a SAS program is basically the same for all platforms. But you need to convert SAS datasets, if you want to use them on different platforms.

There is general information available on how to run statistical software on Statlab's UNIX machines

lm: December 20, 2001