INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82BC21 ON COMPAQ TRU64 UNIX BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 82BC21 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) of Base SAS software on Compaq Tru64 UNIX as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-003691 SMTP email method ignores the -EMAILID option SN-007172 "Bus Error In Task [ DATASTEP ]" when sending electronic mail from within 64-bit SAS Version 8.2 with SMTP access method SN-013786 By default all EMAIL attachment filenames are given an extension which may be reviewed at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003691.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007172.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/013/013786.html The hot fix package that is downloaded is in compressed tar format. The name of the tar file is 82bc21ap.tar.Z, and it contains the following files: * sasvmail.82bc21 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sasvmail a link to sasvmail.82bc21 * sasfemai.82bc21 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sasfemai a link to sasfemai.82bc21 * 82bc21ap.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 82bc21ap.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/82bc21ap.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 82BC21 on Compaq Tru64 UNIX.