SAS Companion for UNIX Environments

Using the SAS Session Manager (motifxsassm)

The SAS Session Manager for X ( motifxsassm) is an X client that is run by SAS when you use the SAS windowing environment. The session manager window is automatically minimized (iconified). If you use the window menu to restore it, the session manager appears as shown in SAS Session Manager Dialog Box.

SAS Session Manager Dialog Box

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The session manager window describes which SAS session it controls, the host machine from which the SAS session was invoked, and the UNIX process identifier of the SAS session.

The session manager allows you to

map and iconize all windows of the SAS session. The [Restore] and [Minimize]buttons restore and minimize all of the windows that are open in the SAS session that is controlled by that session manager. These functions are performed with standard X library calls and will work with most X window managers.
interrupt the SAS session. The [Interrupt] button sends a UNIX signal to the SAS System. When SAS receives the signal, it displays a dialog box that asks for confirmation before it cancels the submitted statements.
terminate the SAS session. [Terminate] displays a dialog box that asks you to confirm that you want to terminate the SAS session. If you select [OK], the session manager sends a UNIX signal to the SAS session that forces the session to terminate.
use your host editor from within your SAS session. When you issue the HOSTEDIT command, SAS passes the request to the session manager, which then invokes your host editor, so the session manager must be running in order for the HOSTEDIT command to take effect. When you issue the HOSTEDIT command, SAS creates a temporary file that contains the data from the active SAS window and passes this file to your host editor. (These temporary files are stored in the directory specified by the SASWORK option.) When you save your file in the host editor, the file is copied back into the SAS window if the window is writable, and the temporary files are deleted when the SAS session ends. See Configuring the SAS System for Host Editor Support for more information.

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