[ESS-bugs] [ESS] trouble starting ESS

[Main, Regan]

-----Original Message-----
From: Rodney Sparapani [mailto:rsparapa at mcw.edu] 
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:42 PM
To: Main, Regan
Cc: ess-bugs at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [ESS] trouble starting ESS

On 07/30/10 03:30 PM, Main, Regan wrote:
> When I submit: M-x ess-sas-interactive, I get the following in a new
> *iESS[SAS]* buffer.
>
> sas -rsasuser -altlog .log -altprint .lst -stdio<  /dev/tty speed 
> 38400 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0; force % sas: Command not 
> found.
> force %
>    
This could be the problem.  Either sas is not in your PATH, or the PATH
is not being inherited by emacs.  Why, I don't know.
> In step 2 of the Common Problems site, I get stuck.  It doesn't look 
> like the ess-sas-sh-command works.  Dired is working.  When I check 
> the executable path, it says: "/usr/rand/sas92linux/sas".  I tried 
> creating a symlink as it instructed in ~bin, but that didn't change
anything.
>
> I am trying to run this on one of my company's machines.  I didn't 
> install ESS, so I can't say for certain whether the instructions were 
> followed.  The person who did install it is out of the office for 10 
> days.  He did install it on at least 2 other machines, and I've never 
> had a problem with either of them.
>
> Would you recommend I have ESS reinstalled on this machine?
>    
No, we better not.  Based on above, I don't think the problem is
ess-sas-sh-command.  Can you execute that?  It seems to be that sas is
not being found for whatever reason.

Here is what happens if I cd into /ess-5.3.7/etc and then enter
ess-sas-sh-command at the prompt.  Is this what you meant when you asked
if I can execute the file?  The permissions on the file are rwxr--r-- if
that is useful for you to know.  I think I read somewhere to check the
permissions.  

[regs>]pwd
/shelley/a/rmain/emacs/ess-5.3.7/etc
[regs>]ess-sas-sh-command
+ stdout=
+ stderr=
+ shift 2
+ set +x
sas </dev/tty 1> 2>
./ess-sas-sh-command: line 32: $stdout: ambiguous redirect


> Thanks much for your help troubleshooting!
> -Regan
>    

-- 
Rodney Sparapani       Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research
Sr. Biostatistician               http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
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