Specifies the current output file for PUT statements
| Valid: |
in a DATA step
|
| Windows specifics: |
Valid values for file
specification; valid options for host-option-list
|
|
FILE file-specification
<option-list> <host-option-list>;
|
- file-specification
- can be any of the file specification forms
discussed in Referencing External Files.
Note: The words CON, NUL, PRN, LPT1 - LPT9, and COM1 - COM9
are reserved words under Windows. Do not use them as file names. ![[cautionend]](../common/images/cautend.gif)
- host-option-list
- names external I/O statement options specific
to the Windows operating environment. They can be any of the following:
-
BLKSIZE=block-size
BLK=block-size
- specifies the number of bytes that are physically
read or written in an I/O operation. The default is 8K. The maximum is 1M.
-
BLOCK | NOBLOCK
- is used only in the context of named pipes.
This option indicates whether the client is to wait if no data are currently
available. BLOCK is the default value.
-
BYTE | MESSAGE
- is used only in the context of named pipes.
This option indicates the type of pipe. BYTE is the default value.
-
COMMAND
- is used only in the context of Dynamic Data
Exchange (DDE). This option enables you to issue a remote command for applications
that do not use the SYSTEM topic name. For more information, see to Referencing the DDE External File
and Controlling Another Application Using DDE.
-
EOFCONNECT
- is used only in the context of named pipes
and is valid only when defining the server. This option indicates that if
an end-of-file (EOF) character is received from a client, the server should
try to connect to the next client.
-
HOTLINK
- is used only in the context of Dynamic Data
Exchange (DDE). For a complete description and an example of using this option,
see Using the DDE HOTLINK.
-
LRECL=record-length
- specifies the record length (in bytes).
Under Windows, the default is 256. The value of record-length can range from 1 to 1,048,576 (1
megabyte).
-
MOD
- specifies that output should be appended
to an existing file.
-
NOTAB
- is used only in the context of Dynamic Data
Exchange (DDE). This option enables you to use non-tab character delimiters
between variables. For more information about this option, see
Using the NOTAB Option with DDE.
-
RECFM=record-format
- controls the record format. The following
values are valid under Windows:
| F |
indicates fixed format. |
| N |
indicates binary format and causes
the file to be treated as a byte stream. |
| P |
indicates print format. |
| S370V |
indicates the variable S370 record
format (V). |
| S370VB |
indicates the variable block S370
record format (VB). |
| S370VBS |
indicates the variable block with
spanned records S370 record format (VBS). |
| V | D |
indicates variable format. This
is the default. |
The S370 values are valid with OS/390-style files only--that
is, files that are binary, have variable-length records, and are in EBCDIC
format. If you want to use a fixed-format OS/390 (formerly known as MVS) file,
first copy it to a variable-length, binary OS/390 file.
-
RETRY=seconds
- is used only in the context of named pipes.
This option specifies how long a named pipe client should wait for a busy
pipe. The minimum (and default) value for seconds
is 10.
-
SERVER | CLIENT
- is used only in the context of named pipes.
This option specifies the mode of a named pipe. The default value is
SERVER.
The FILE statement
routes the output from the PUT statement to either the same external file
to which procedure output is written or to a different external file.
- FILE
statement in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary for portable options
available
- Named Pipe Examplesfor examples of using some of these
options
- DDE Examplesfor
examples of using some of these options
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