SAS Companion for the OpenVMS Operating Environment

Starting a SAS Session

Regardless of which mode of operation you use for running SAS, you will need to ask your system manager what the SAS command (the command that invokes SAS) is at your site. At many sites, the SAS command is simply SAS, but a different command may have been defined during the SAS installation process at your site.

Note: The examples in this section use SAS8 as the SAS command. [cautionend]

Also ask your system manager which interface or mode of operation is the default when you enter the SAS command.

When you invoke SAS, you can specify system options either when you issue the SAS command or in a configuration file:

$ SAS8/FULLSTIMER/PRINT=SYS$LOGIN:TEST.OUT

For details, see Specifying System Options in the SAS Command and Configuration Files.

For more information about SAS system options, see System Options.

If no system options are specified in the SAS command, a configuration file, an autoexec file, or the VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol, then the default system options that are shipped with the SAS System are in effect. However, your system manager may have overridden the default options; ask your system manager for details about the default options at your site.

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