INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 81ST01 ON OS2 BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 81ST01 addresses the PROC TTEST issue in Release 8.1 TS1M0 of SAS/STAT software on OS/2 as documented in SAS Note: SN-003202 PROC TTEST incorrectly computes many weighted statistics You may review this SAS Note at http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003202.html The hot fix package downloaded is a self extracting executable named 81st01o2.exe which will install the following files: * sasttest.dll the replacement module containing the fix * 81st01o2.aud a hot fix identifier file which will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 81st01o2.txt a copy of these installation instructions IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. You must have Release 8.1 TS1M0 installed on your system before applying this update. 2. 81st01o2.exe must be run from an OS/2 command-line and must be launched from !SASROOT (the directory where Release 8.1 TS1M0 is installed). AFTER DOWNLOADING: In this example, it is assumed that !SASROOT is: c:\sas STEP 1 Change to the !SASROOT directory, [c:\] cd c:\sas STEP 2 Move the downloaded executable to the !SASROOT directory. Assuming 81st01o2.exe is downloaded to c:\myfiles, [c:\sas] move c:\myfiles\81st01o2.exe \sas\81st01o2.exe STEP 3 Back-up the original sasttest.dll, [c:\sas] ren c:\sas\stat\sasexe\sasttest.dll sasttest.000 STEP 4 Assuming you are still in c:\sas, launch the executable. The "/directories" option is required to maintain the proper directory structure during file extraction, [c:\sas] 81st01o2.exe /directories This completes the installation of hot fix 81ST01 on OS2.