title: change SAS encoding to utf-8
body: <p>I am struggling greatly with changing my SAS session to utf-8.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried changing the cfg file - sasv9.cfg; however, I am told that access is denied</p>
  
  <p>I have tried using the encoding option; however, it says I must apply this on start-up, I tried restarting SAS and entering it then, still no luck.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried the locale function; however, it returns an invalid command warning.</p>
  
  <p>I am pretty stuck here. I am using SAS base9.4 and I have tried to follow multiple different threads but cannot find a solution.</p>