Specifies the name of the default library for all one-level SAS
data set names
| Default: |
WORK
|
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
|
| CMS specifics: |
library-specification
|
|
USER='library-specification' |
('library-specification-1' ...'library-specification-n')
|
-
'library-specification'
-
specifies a physical name (enclosed
in quotation marks), in the following form:
|
'<ft> fm' |
'SFS-directory'
|
where ft specifies the optional SAS library, and fm is the disk on which the USER library
resides.
-
('library-specification-1' ...'library-specification-n')
-
specifies a concatenated list of
user libraries.
The USER library can be specified as a
single library or as a concatenated list of libraries. For concatenated libraries,
SAS saves new members into the first library in the list. SAS searches for
members through all libraries, following the order of the libraries in the
concatenated list.
Concatenated library specifications require an explicit
filetype. Without a filetype, SAS is not able to locate individual members
within the specified library.
For example, USER=SASXYZ causes all temporary data sets
to be created as SASXYZ.name.
The following example causes new library members to
be saved with filetype MYLIB (which can also be used as a fileref). Existing
members can be retrieved from either library without specifying a libref.
SASUSER=('MYLIB A' 'DEPTLIB DEPT.SAS.LDB')
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