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NEWS=

NEWS=

Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log

Default: none

Alias: SASNEWS=

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation

CMS specifics: alias, operating environment behavior

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Syntax

NEWS=file-specification

file-specification

identifies the file in one of the following forms. Refer to Identifying an External File for additional details.

'filename filetype <filemode | SFS-directory | *>': specifies the filename, filetype, and filemode or SFS directory, respectively.
fileref: specifies a logical name to be associated with an external file. This name is a one- to eight-character name that is not enclosed in quotes. If your CMS installation supports the access of OS/390 data sets from CMS (shared DASD), a member of an OS/390 partitioned data set can also be read with the fileref specification, assuming that the fileref was previously associated with a specific PDS member using the CMS FILEDEF command.
fileref('member'): gives the fileref of an external file, which is a CMS MACLIB.

Specify NONEWS if you do not want SAS to write the NEWS file to the SAS log.

See Also

SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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