INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82BC13 ON AIX BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 82BC13 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) of Base SAS software on AIX as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-013669 PROC APPEND incorrectly sets SYSERR which may be reviewed at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/013/013669.html The hot fix package that is downloaded is in compressed tar format. The name of the tar file is 82bc13ar.tar.Z, and it contains the following files: * sasqutil.82bc13 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sasqutil a link to sasqutil.82bc13 * 82bc13ar.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 82bc13ar.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT/hotfix/doc IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have Release 8.2 (TS2M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. AFTER DOWNLOADING: The following instructions describe the steps for installing the files listed above. In this example, !SASROOT, the directory where Release 8.2 (TS2M0) is installed, is: /usr/lib/sas8 STEP 1: Assuming the tar file is downloaded to the user's HOME directory, follow these procedures to install the package. $> cd /usr/lib/sas8 $> uncompress -c $HOME/82bc13ar.tar | tar -xf - STEP 2: Once the tar command is complete, the following line must be added as the first line of the !SASROOT/sasv8.cfg file: -path !SASROOT/hotfix/sasexe Do not modify any existing -PATH options in the !SASROOT/sasv8.cfg file. STEP 3: Change the ownership (using the chown command) and permissions (using the chmod command) on the files in the !SASROOT/hotfix/sasexe directory to match the ownership and permissions on the files in the !SASROOT/sasexe directory. This completes the installation of hot fix 82BC13 on AIX.