FILE:		 /mit/sas_v9.4m2/README.athena 

CONTENTS:	 SAS 9.4m2 locker

DESCRIPTION:	 SAS is a system for managing and analyzing data.

HOW TO RUN:	

  COMMAND:	 add sas; sas -ver 9.4m2

  FROM DASH:	 no

INTERFACES:	 X11, TTY, Batch

VERSIONS:	 For Linux 64:	  Version 9.4 TS level 1M2


DEPENDENCIES:	 firefox (for online docs)

DATAFILES:	 Platform-dependent but interchange format available

LICENSE SERVER:	 None installed; we have a volume license of 50
		 copies, monitored by the MIT license wrapper

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SUPPORT ISSUES --

I/S SUPPORT:

  CONSULTING:    

  TRAINING:	 http://support.sas.com/training/elearn/tutorial/

  DOCUMENTATION: man pages exist for cleanwork, sas, patchname, and xsassm
		 internal help: extensive online help in html
                 format; start with Help -> SAS Help and Documentation

OTHER SUPPORT:

  CONSULTING:	 (none)

  TRAINING:	 

  DOCUMENTATION: The SAS Institute publishes much documentation.
		 A lot is available online at their Web site,
                 Starting from http://support.sas.com/cdlsearch?ct=80000

BUG REPORTS:	 Use sendbug

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LEGAL ISSUES --

STATUS: Commercial

SITES: Athena only.

RESTRICTIONS:  Users must not provide or otherwise make available any licensed
               software product in any form to anyone other than authorized 
               users on designated Athena machines.

ADD'L RIGHTS:  
 

ADD'L CONDITIONS: Users must not modify, reverse engineer or decompile the 
                  software.

                  Users must not mask, modify or suppress any copyright 
                  notice or other proprietary rights notices.

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ABOUT THIS LOCKER --

MAINTAINER(S):	 3partysw (group), alexp

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE:
  
arch                                  arch hierarchy (contains launch script)
Athena		                      Athena-specific files
bin                                   convenience symlink to appropriate bin dir
distrib/$ATHENA_SYS/SASFoundation/9.4 where the actual distribution lives
man                                   link to man pages
	
MODIFY HISTORY:

	12/19/14 alexp
	         did initial locker install

MISCELLANEOUS:

In order to have full functionality in the online help system, you
need to have both Java and Javascript enabled in firefox; you will 
also needs to allow popups.

On launching the help system, firefox may open an extraneous empty
window in addition to the ones containing the help information- this
can be ignored.

We don't use the database interface functionality and commands
that depend on this may not work. 

The user is given a default set of configuration files from templates
if these are not found. A default printer is set to a generic
"PostScript Level 1" and "PostScript Level 2" printer.  users can
configure additional ones from a menu list with many choices, as well
as other graphics device drivers.

The config file directory for this release is set to sasuser.v94

If you are encountering unexplained SAS crashes when you attempt to
launch it, try renaming you ~/sasuser.v94 directory to something else; 
corrupted files in that directory can prevent SAS from launching 
correctly.