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WORK

Default:	!TEMP\SAS Temporary Files
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Windows specifics:	Valid values for library-specification

"library-specification"

specifies an environment variable or a Windows pathname. Remember that a pathname is only to the directory or subdirectory level. The value of library-specification must resolve to a valid Windows pathname. The library-specification must be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Details

The default SAS configuration file creates the WORK data library in a folder named "SAS Temporary Files" located in your system's designated temporary area (as specified by the TEMP environment variable).

The SAS System creates a subdirectory called #TDnnnnn for each SAS process under the directory you specify in the WORK option, where nnnnn is a unique number. The default behavior is to create a #TDnnnnn subdirectory.

See Also

• WORK system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

• WORK Data Library

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