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FILENAME

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

OS/390 specifics: host options, devices

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Syntax

FILENAME (fileref,file-name<,device <,host-options>>)

fileref
specifies the fileref to assign to an external file.

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

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

DUMMY
output to the file is discarded

G3270
indicates that the output device is an IBM 3270 graphics data stream. This device type is available only with SAS/GRAPH software.

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 SAS/GRAPH software.

PIPE
an unnamed pipe

PLOTTER
an unbuffered graphics output device

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. These options can be categorized into several groups. For details, see the following sections:

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.

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