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VIOBUF=

VIOBUF=

Specifies the size of the virtual I/O buffer to be used for WORK data sets

Default: 0

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation

CMS specifics: all

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Syntax

VIOBUF=MIN | MAX | n| nK | nM | nG | hexX

MIN: specifies the minimum number of bytes (0).
MAX: specifies the maximum number of bytes (2,147,483,647).
n: specifies an integer number of bytes.
nK: specifies a number of kilobytes (1 kilobyte = 1,024 bytes).
nM: specifies a number of megabytes (1 megabyte = 1,048,576 bytes).
nG: specifies a number of gigabytes (1 gigabyte = 1,073,741,824 bytes).
hexX: specifies a number of bytes in hexadecimal notation.

If the STATS system option is also specified, the percent of VIOBUF space to be used is shown after each DATA or PROC step.

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