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Summary of SAS System Options under OpenVMS

Summary of SAS System Options lists all the SAS system options that are available to SAS System users under the OpenVMS operating environment. Many of these options have no system-dependent behavior and are described completely in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Others are available only under OpenVMS and are completely described here. Other options are described both in this document and in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Use the following abbreviations to determine where to find more information about an option:
ACMET indicates that the option is described in Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE Software.
COMP indicates that the option is completely described here. Some options are not applicable to the OpenVMS operating environment; these options are listed in System Options That Are Not Applicable in the OpenVMS Environment.
CON indicates that the option is described in SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.
INGRS indicates that the option is described in SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference, (CA-OpenIngres Chapter).
LR indicates that the option is described in the system options portion of SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.
SHAR indicates that the option is described in SAS/SHARE User's Guide

The table provides you with the following information about each SAS system option:

Remember that the default values listed in Summary of SAS System Options are the default values that are hardcoded into the SAS System. When the SAS System is installed, the default values of SAS system options can be changed by specifying the options in a configuration file (when referenced by the SAS$CONFIG logical name in one or more of the SYSTEM, GROUP, JOB, or PROCESS tables). Therefore, the values that you see in PROC OPTIONS output at your site may not match the values that are shown in the table. If you have a question about the default value for a particular option, use PROC OPTIONS, or ask your SAS Support Consultant. For more information about configuration files, see Configuration Files.

Summary of SAS System Options
Options
Specification		 Default
Value		 SAS


invocation		 configuration
file		 System
Options
window		 OPTIONS
statement		 See
ALQMULT=arg 10 X X X X LR, COMP
ALTLOG=arg none X X

LR, COMP
ALTPRINT=arg none X X

LR, COMP
APPLETLOC SAS$APPLETLOC log.name
 X X X X LR, COMP
ASYNCHIO none X X

LR
AUTOEXEC=arg SAS$INIT, if defined;

otherwise none

 X X

LR, COMP
BATCH NOBATCH (windowing

environment and interactive line modes); BATCH (batch)

 X X

LR
BINDING=arg DEFAULT X X X X LR
BUFNO=arg 1 X X X X LR, COMP
BUFSIZE=arg 0 X X X X LR, COMP
BYERR BYERR X X X X LR
BYLINE BYLINE X X X X LR
CACHENUM= arg 5 X X X X COMP
CACHESIZ=arg 65024 X X X X COMP
CAPS NOCAPS X X X X LR
CARDIMAGE NOCARDIMAGE X X X X LR
CATCACHE=arg 0 X X

LR
CBUFNO=arg 0 X X X X LR
CC=arg FORTRAN X X X X LR, COMP
CENTER CENTER X X X X LR
CHARCODE NOCHARCODE X X X X LR
CLEANUP CLEANUP X X X X LR, COMP
CMDMAC NOCMDMAC X X X X LR
CMPOPT CMPOPT X X

LR
COMAMID=arg TCP X X X X CON, ACMET
COMAUX1=arg none X X

ACMET
COMAUX2=arg none X X

ACMET
COMPRESS=arg NO X X X X LR
CONFIG=arg SAS$CONFIG if defined; otherwise none X


COMP
CONNECTREMOTE=arg none X X X X LR, CON
CONNECTSTATUS CONNECTSTATUS X X X X LR, CON
CONNECTWAIT CONNECTWAIT X X X X LR, CON
CONSOLELOG= none X X

LR
CPUID CPUID X X

LR
DATASTMTCHK=arg COREKEYWORDS X X X X LR
DATE DATE X X X X LR
DBCS NODBCS X X

COMP
DBCSLANG=arg none X X

LR, COMP
DBCSTYPE=arg ALP/VAX X X

LR, COMP
DEQMULT=arg 5 X X X X COMP
DETAILS NODETAILS X X X X LR
DEVICE=arg none X X X X LR, COMP
DFLANG=arg ENGLISH X X X X LR
DKRICOND=arg ERROR X X X X LR
DKROCOND=arg WARN X X X X LR
DLDMGACTION=arg FAIL for batch mode;

REPAIR for interactive mode

 X X X X LR
DMR NODMR X X

LR, CON
DMS DMS X X

LR
DMSEXP DMSEXP X X

LR
DOCLOC=arg SAS$DOCLOC logical name X X

LR
DSNFERR DSNFERR X X X X LR
DUMP NODUMP X X X X COMP
ECHOAUTO NOECHOAUTO X X

LR
ENGINE=arg V8 X X

LR, COMP
ERRORABEND NOERRORABEND X X X X LR
ERRORCHECK= NORMAL X X X X LR
ERRORS=arg 20 X X X X LR
EXPANDLNM EXPANDLNM X X X X COMP
EXPLORER NOEXPLORER X X

LR
FILECC FILECC X X X X COMP
FIRSTOBS=arg 1 X X X X LR
FMTERR FMTERR X X X X LR
FMTSEARCH=arg (WORK LIBRARY) X X X X LR, COMP
FORMCHAR=arg |----|+|---+=|-/\<>* X X X X LR
FORMDLIM=arg none X X X X LR
FORMS=arg DEFAULT X X X X LR, COMP
FULLSTIMER NOFULLSTIMER X X X X COMP
GISMAPS= SAS$GISMAPS X X X X LR, COMP
GSFCC= PRINT X X X X COMP
GWINDOW GWINDOW X X X X LR
HELPLOC SAS$HELPLOC logical name X X X X LR, COMP
IMPLMAC NOIMPLMAC X X X X LR
INGOPTS= none X X X X INGRS
INITCMD= none X X

LR
INITSTMT=arg none X X

LR, COMP
INVALIDDATA=arg a period (.) X X X X LR
LABEL LABEL X X X X LR
_LAST_=arg _NULL_ X X X X LR
LINESIZE=arg the display width setting for windowing environment and interactive line modes; 132 characters for noninteractive and batch modes X X X X LR, COMP
LOADLIST= none X X X X COMP
LOG=arg SYS$OUTPUT for interactive line mode; program-name.LOG for noninteractive and batch modes; LOG for display manager mode X X

LR, COMP
LOGMULTREAD NOLOGMULTREAD X X

COMP
MACRO MACRO X X

LR
MAPS=arg SAS$MAPS logical name X X X X LR, COMP
MAUTOSOURCE MAUTOSOURCE X X X X LR
MEMSIZE=arg 0 X X

COMP
MERGENOBY NOWARN X X X X LR
MERROR MERROR X X X X LR
MFILE NOMFILE X X X X LR
MISSING=arg a period (.) X X X X LR
MLOGIC NOMLOGIC X X X X LR
MPRINT NOMPRINT X X X X LR
MRECALL NOMRECALL X X X X LR
MSG=arg SAS$MSG logical name X X

COMP
MSGCASE NOMSGCASE X X

COMP
MSGLEVEL=arg N X X X X LR, COMP
MSTORED NOMSTORED X X X X LR
MSYMTABMAX=arg 51,200 bytes X X X X LR, COMP
MULTENVAPPL NOMULTENVAPPL X X X X LR
MVARSIZE=arg 8,192 bytes X X X X LR, COMP
NETENCRYPT NONETENCRYPT X X X X LR, CON, SHAR
NETENCRYPTALGORITM=arg none X X X X LR, CON, SHAR
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN=arg 0 X X X X LR, CON, SHAR
NETMAC NETMAC X X X X LR, CON, SHAR
NEWS=arg SAS$NEWS, if defined X X

LR, COMP
NOTES NOTES X X X X LR, COMP
NUMBER NUMBER X X X X LR
OBJECTSERVER NOOBJECTSERVER X X

LR
OBS=arg 2147483647 X X X X LR, COMP
OPLIST NOOPLIST X X

COMP
OVP NOOVP X X X X LR
PAGENO=arg 1 X X X X LR, COMP
PAGESIZE=arg display page size for windowing environment and interactive line modes; 60 lines for noninteractive and batch modes X X X X LR, COMP
PARM=arg none X X X X LR
PARMCARDS=arg FT15F001 X X X X LR, COMP
PRINT= arg SYS$OUTPUT for interactive line mode; program-name.LIS for noninteractive and batch modes; OUTPUT for windowing environment mode X X

COMP
PRINTMSGLIST PRINTMSGLIST X X X X LR
PROBSIG=arg 0 X X X X LR
PROCLEAVE=arg 16,384 bytes X X X X COMP
REPLACE REPLACE X X X X LR
REUSE=arg NO X X X X LR
RSASUSER NORSASUSER X X

LR, COMP
S=arg 0 X X X X LR, COMP
S2=arg 0 X X X X LR
SASAUTOS=arg SASAUTOS logical name X X X X LR, COMP
SASCMD none X X X X LR
SASFRSCR none X X X X CON
SASHELP=arg SAS$HELP logical name X X

LR, COMP
SASMSTORE=arg none X X X X LR
SASSCRIPT=arg none X X X X CON
SASUSER=arg SAS$USER logical name X X

LR, COMP
SEQ=arg 8 X X X X LR
SEQENGINE=arg V7TAPE, V8TAPE X X X X COMP
SERROR SERROR X X X X LR
SETINIT NOSETINIT X X

LR
SKIP=arg 0 X X X X LR
SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS X X

LR
SORTDUP= PHYSICAL X X X X LR
SORTPGM= BEST X X X X LR, COMP
SORTSEQ=arg none X X X X LR
SORTSIZE=arg 8388608 X X X X LR, COMP
SORTWORK=arg none X X X X LR, COMP
SOURCE NOSOURCE X X X X LR
SOURCE2 NOSOURCE2 X X X X LR
SPAWN= WAIT X X

COMP
SPOOL NOSPOOL X X X X LR
STACK=arg 0 X X X X COMP
STARTLIB NOSTARTLIB X X

LR
STIMEFMT M X X X X COMP
STIMER STIMER X X X X COMP
SUMSIZE=arg 8388608 X X X X LR
SYMBOLGEN NOSYMBOLGEN X X X X LR
SYSIN=arg SYS$INPUT for windowing environment and interactive line mode; program-name.SAS for noninteractive and batch modes X X

COMP
SYSLEAVE=arg 16,384 bytes X X X X COMP
SYSPARM=arg none X X X X LR, COMP
SYSPRINT SYS$PRINT X X X X COMP
TAPECLOSE=arg LEAVE X X X X COMP
TBUFSIZE=arg 0 X X X X LR, CON
TCPPORTFIRST=arg 0 X X X X LR, ACMET
TCPPORTLAST=arg 0 X X X X LR, ACMET
TERMINAL TERMINAL X X

LR
TERMIO= NOBLOCK X X X X COMP
TRAINLOC=arg SAS$TRAINLOC logical name X X

LR, COMP
TRANTAB=arg none X X X X LR, CON
UNLOAD NOUNLOAD X X X X COMP
USER=arg none X X X X LR, COMP
VALIDVARNAME= V7, V8 X X X X LR
VERBOSE NOVERBOSE X


COMP
VNFERR VNFERR X X X X LR
WORK=arg SAS$WORKROOT logical name X X

LR, COMP
WORKINIT WORKINIT X X

LR
WORKTERM WORKTERM X X X X LR
WRKCACHE=arg 65024 X X X X COMP
XCMD XCMD X X

COMP
XCMDWIN XCMDWIN X X

COMP
XKEYPAD XKEYPAD X X X X COMP
XLOG NOXLOG X X X X COMP
XLOGICAL XLOGICAL X X X X COMP
XOUTPUT XOUTPUT X X X X COMP
XRESOURCES=arg none X X

COMP
XSYMBOL XSYMBOL X X X X COMP
XTIMEOUT=arg 0 X X X X COMP
YEARCUTOFF=arg 1920 X X X X LR

System Options That Are Not Applicable in the OpenVMS Environment

The following SAS system options are not supported by the OpenVMS operating environment in Version 8 of the SAS System:


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