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USER=

Language element:	system option
Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	valid values for library-specification

library-specification

can be a libref, an OpenVMS logical name, or a pathname to the directory or subdirectory level. Do not use a specific filename.

Details

If the USER= system option is specified, you can use one-level names to reference permanent SAS files in SAS statements. However, if USER=WORK is specified, SAS assumes that files referenced with one-level names refer to temporary work files.

See Also

• USER= system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

• Directing Temporary SAS Data Sets to the USER Library

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