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FILENAME

FILENAME

Assigns or deassigns a fileref for an external file, a directory, or an output device and returns a value

CMS specifics: host options, devices, dir-ref

Syntax
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Syntax

FILENAME (fileref, filename<,device <,host-options <,dir-ref>>>)

specifies the fileref to assign to an external file.

specifies the external file. Specifying a blank filename deassigns one that was previously assigned.

specifies the type of device if the fileref points to an output device rather than to a physical file:

G3270: indicates that the output device is an IBM 3270 graphics data stream. This device type is available only with the SAS/GRAPH application.
GTERM: indicates that the output device is a graphics device that will be receiving graphics data; most device drivers use this value. This device type is available only with the SAS/GRAPH application.
PIPE: an unnamed pipe
PRINTER: a printer or printer spool file
TERMINAL: the user's terminal
TAPE: a tape driver.

host-options

are host-specific options that may be specified in the FILENAME statement. See FILENAME.

You can specify host options in any order following the file specification and the optional device specification. When specifying more than one option, use a blank space to separate each option. Values for options may be specified with or without quotes. However, if a value contains one of the supported national characters ($, #, or @), the quotes are required.

specifies the fileref that is assigned to the directory in which the external file resides.

See Also

SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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