FILEMSGS

FILEMSGS

Controls whether you receive expanded dynamic allocation error messages when you are assigning a physical file

Default NOFILEMSGS

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window

Category: File Control: EXTFILES

OS/390 specifics: all

Syntax
Details

Syntax

FILEMSGS | NOFILEMSGS

Details

The FILEMSGS option applies to physical files that are referenced in either a FILENAME statement or function or a LIBNAME statement or function.

If FILEMSGS is in effect and you try to assign a data set that is allocated to another user, SAS generates detailed error messages explaining why the allocation failed. Under TSO, the messages are written to the display. The display is cleared and the messages appear. You must press ENTER to return to your session in the windowing environment. In batch mode, the messages are written to the job log.

If NOFILEMSGS is in effect, you will still receive some error messages in your SAS log, but they may not be as detailed.

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Default	NOFILEMSGS
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	File Control: EXTFILES
OS/390 specifics:	all