SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

Setting the Autoexec File for SAS/CONNECT

You can simplify the process of starting and stopping the connection by following these recommendations:

Review the contents of your SAS autoexec file. The autoexec file is a file of SAS statements that may be executed automatically when you begin a local session. The autoexec file could include a FILENAME statement that defines the fileref RLINK. Be sure that it gives the correct file specification for the script that you use to start SAS/CONNECT. See Syntax for the SIGNON and the SIGNOFF Commands and Statements for more information about the autoexec file.
By assigning the fileref RLINK to your script, you can start the connection without using the SIGNON command to specify the script name and you can stop it without using the SIGNOFF command to specify the script name. This is because RLINK is the reserved fileref for script files.
When SAS executes a SIGNON or a SIGNOFF command without a fileref, SAS automatically searches for a file that is defined with RLINK as the fileref. If RLINK has been defined, SAS executes the corresponding script.
Include an OPTIONS statement in your autoexec file to specify the COMAMID= system option and the REMOTE= system option. For example, under OS/2 your OPTIONS statement might include these values:
```
options comamid=tcp 
   remote=tcp-host-name;
```
By including an OPTIONS statement that contains the REMOTE= and COMAMID= system options in the autoexec file, you avoid having to execute an OPTIONS statement in each SAS session when using SAS/CONNECT.

Modifying your autoexec file as recommended eliminates a step in the process of starting the connection, and you can use the short form of the SIGNON and SIGNOFF commands.

For example, to start a connection from a SAS session that was invoked by using a modified autoexec file, simply issue the SIGNON command or submit the SIGNON statement:

   signon

   signon;

When you have completed your remote processing, you need only to issue the SIGNOFF command or submit the SIGNOFF statement to stop the connection:

   signoff

   signoff;

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