SAS Companion for UNIX Environments

Summary of All SAS System Options

Summary of All SAS System Options lists every SAS system option available under UNIX. Many of these options have no host-specific behavior and are described in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. If an option is available only under UNIX, it is described in SAS Companion for UNIX Environments. If an option is available under all environments but has some environment-specific behavior, it is described in both SAS Language Reference: Dictionary and SAS Companion for UNIX Environments. Use the following legend to see where to find more information on an option.

Comp indicates that the option is described in this chapter .

LR indicates that the option is described in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.

Access indicates that the option is described in SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference (CA-OpenIngres Chapter).

Connect indicates that the option is described in SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.

Share indicates that the option is described in SAS/SHARE User's Guide.

Methods indicates that the option is described in Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE Software.

Summary of All SAS System Options also shows the default value for each option and where you can specify the option:

at initialization: in the SAS command, in the SASV7_OPTIONS environment variable, or in the configuration file
in the OPTIONS statement
in the System Options window.

Summary of All SAS System Options

Can Be Specified In

Name Default SAS Invocation,
SASV7_OPTIONS,
Configuration File OPTIONS
Statement System Options
Window See

ALTLOG no copy X

Comp

ALTPRINT no copy X

Comp

APPEND none X

Comp

AUTOEXEC see description X

Comp

BATCH NOBATCH X

Comp/LR

BUFNO 1 X X X Comp/LR

BUFSIZE 0 X X X Comp/LR

BYERR BYERR X X X LR

BYLINE BYLINE X X X LR

CAPS NOCAPS X X X LR

CARDIMAGE NOCARDIMAGE X X X LR

CATCACHE 0 X

LR

CBUFNO 0

LR

CENTER CENTER X X X LR

CHARCODE NOCHARCODE X X X LR

CLEANUP see description X X X Comp/LR

CMDMAC NOCMDMAC X X X LR

COMAMID TCP X

Connect/Share/Methods

COMAUX1 X

Methods

COMAUX2 X

Methods

COMPRESS NO X X X LR

CONFIG see description X (also SASV7_CONFIG environment variable) Comp

CONNECTREMOTE none X X X Connect

CONNECTSTATUS X X X X Connect

CONNECTWAIT X X X X Connect

CONSOLELOG none X

LR

CPUID CPUID X

LR

DATASTMTCHK corekeywords X X X LR

DATE DATE X X X LR

DBCS NODBCS X

LR

DBCSLANG see description X

Comp

DBCSTYPE see description X

Comp

DETAILS NODETAILS X X X LR

DEVICE none X X X Comp/LR

DFLANG english X X X LR

DKRICOND ERROR X X X LR

DKROCOND WARN X X X LR

DLDMGACTION repair X X X LR

DMR NODMR X

Connect

DMS NODMS X

LR

DMSEXP dmsexp X

LR

DOCLOC none X

LR

DSNFERR DSNFERR X X X LR

ECHO none X

Comp

ECHOAUTO NOECHOAUTO X

LR

EDITCMD none X X
Comp

EMAILSYS none X (except SASV7_OPTIONS environment variable) Comp

ENGINE V7 X

Comp/LR

ERRORABEND NOERRORABEND X X X LR

ERRORCHECK NORMAL X

LR

ERRORS 20 X X X LR

EXPLORER explorer X

LR

FILELOCKS FAIL X

Comp

FIRSTOBS 1 X X X LR

FMTERR FMTERR X X X LR

FMTSEARCH WORK library X X X LR

FORMCHAR |----|+|---+=| -/\<>* X X X LR

FORMDLIM none X X X LR

FORMS DEFAULT X X X LR

FSDBTYPE none X

Comp

FSIMM none X

Comp

FSIMMOPT none X

Comp

FULLSTIMER NOFULLSTIMER X X
Comp

GISMAPS see description

LR

GWINDOW GWINDOW X X X LR

HELPLOC !SASROOT/X11/native_help X

Comp/LR

IMPLMAC NOIMPLMAC X X X LR

INGOPTS none X

Access

INITCMD none X

LR

INITSTMT none X

LR

INVALIDDATA . X X X LR

INSERT none X

Comp

LABEL LABEL X X X LR

_LAST_ _NULL_ X X X LR

LINESIZE see description X X X Comp/LR

LMODE LMODE X

Comp

LOG see description X

Comp

LPTYPE see description X X
Comp

MACRO MACRO X

LR

MAPS see description X X X LR/Comp

MAUTOSOURCE MAUTOSOURCE X X X LR

MERROR MERROR X X X LR

MFILE nomfile X X X LR

MEMSIZE 32M X

Comp

MISSING . X X X LR

MLOGIC NOMLOGIC X X X LR

MPRINT NOMPRINT X X X LR

MRECALL NOMRECALL X X X LR

MSG !SASROOT/sasmsg X

Comp

MSGCASE NOMSGCASE X

LR

MSGLEVEL N X X X LR

MSTORED NOMSTORED X X X LR

MSYMTABMAX 4M X X X Comp/LR

MULTENVAPPLE NOMULTENVAPPLE X X
LR

MVARSIZE 32K X X X Comp/LR

NETENCRYPT
X X X Share/Connect

NETENCRYPTALGORITHM
X X x Share/Connect

NETENCRYPTKEYLEN 0 X X X Share/Connect

NETMAC NETMAC X X X Share/Connect

NEWS none X

Comp/LR

NOTES NOTES X X X LR

NUMBER NUMBER X X X LR

OBJECTSERVER noobjectserver X

LR

OBS MAX X X X Comp/LR

OPLIST NOOPLIST X

Comp

OVP NOOVP X X X LR

PAGENO 1 X X X LR

PAGESIZE see description X X X Comp/LR

PARM none X X X LR

PARMCARDS FT15F001 X X X LR

PATH see description X

Comp

PRINT see description X

Comp

PRINTCMD none X X
Comp

PRINTINIT noprintinit X

LR

PRINTMSGLIST PRINTMSGLIST X X X LR

PROBSIG 0 X X X LR

PROC PROC X X X LR

PROCLEAVE 64K X

Comp

REPLACE REPLACE X X X LR

REP_MGRLOC none X

LR

REUSE NO X X X LR

RSASUSER NORSASUSER X

Comp/LR

RTRACE none X

Comp

RTRACELOC stderr X

Comp

S 0 X X X Comp/LR

SAMPLOC !SASROOT/X11/native_help X

Comp/LR

SASAUTOS SASAUTOS fileref X X X Comp/LR

SASFRSCR none Valid in SAS Component Language Connect

SASHELP !SASROOT/sashelp X

Comp/LR

SASMSTORE none X X X LR

SASSCRIPT !SASROOT/misc/connect X X X Comp/Connect

SASUSER ~sasuser X

Comp/LR

SEQ 8 X X X LR

SERROR SERROR X X X LR

SET none X

Comp

SETINIT NOSETINIT X

LR

SKIP 0 X X X LR

SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS X

LR

SORTCUT 0 X X
Comp

SORTCUTP 0 X X
Comp

SORTDEV see decription X X
Comp

SORTDUP physical X X X LR

SORTLIB none X X
Comp

SORTNAME SYNCSORT X X
Comp

SORTPGM SAS X X
Comp

SORTSEQ none X X X LR

SORTSIZE 16M X X X Comp/LR

SOURCE SOURCE X X X LR

SOURCE2 NOSOURCE2 X X X LR

SPOOL SPOOL X X X LR

STDIO NOSTDIO X

Comp

STIMEFMT N X

Comp

STIMER STIMER X X
Comp

SUMSIZE 8K

LR

SYMBOLGEN NOSYMBOLGEN X X X LR

SYSIN none X

Comp

SYSLEAVE 64K X

Comp

SYSPARM none X X X LR

SYSPRINT default system printer X

Comp

S2 0 X X X LR

TAPECLOSE REREAD X X X Comp

TBUFSIZE 0 X X X Connect

TCPPORTFIRST 0 SAS invocation on the remote host Methods

TCPPORTLAST 0 SAS invocation on the remote host Methods

TERMINAL TERMINAL X

LR

TRAINLOC none X

LR

TRANTAB none X X X LR/Connect

UNBUFLOG NOUNBUFLOG X

Comp

USER none X X X Comp/LR

VALIDVARNAME V7 X X X LR

VERBOSE NOVERBOSE X

Comp

VNFERR VNFERR X X X LR

WORK see description X

Comp/LR

WORKINIT WORKINIT X

Comp/LR

WORKTERM WORKTERM X X X LR

XCMD XCMD X

Comp

XPRINTNM see description X X
Comp

YEARCUTOFF 1920 X X X LR

***Summary of All SAS System Options***
		Can Be Specified In
Name	Default	SAS Invocation, SASV7_OPTIONS, Configuration File	OPTIONS Statement	System Options Window	See
ALTLOG	no copy	X			Comp
ALTPRINT	no copy	X			Comp
APPEND	none	X			Comp
AUTOEXEC	see description	X			Comp
BATCH	NOBATCH	X			Comp/LR
BUFNO	1	X	X	X	Comp/LR
BUFSIZE	0	X	X	X	Comp/LR
BYERR	BYERR	X	X	X	LR
BYLINE	BYLINE	X	X	X	LR
CAPS	NOCAPS	X	X	X	LR
CARDIMAGE	NOCARDIMAGE	X	X	X	LR
CATCACHE	0	X			LR
CBUFNO	0				LR
CENTER	CENTER	X	X	X	LR
CHARCODE	NOCHARCODE	X	X	X	LR
CLEANUP	see description	X	X	X	Comp/LR
CMDMAC	NOCMDMAC	X	X	X	LR
COMAMID	TCP	X			Connect/Share/Methods
COMAUX1	X				Methods
COMAUX2	X				Methods
COMPRESS	NO	X	X	X	LR
CONFIG	see description	X (also SASV7_CONFIG environment variable)	Comp
CONNECTREMOTE	none	X	X	X	Connect
CONNECTSTATUS	X	X	X	X	Connect
CONNECTWAIT	X	X	X	X	Connect
CONSOLELOG	none	X			LR
CPUID	CPUID	X			LR
DATASTMTCHK	corekeywords	X	X	X	LR
DATE	DATE	X	X	X	LR
DBCS	NODBCS	X			LR
DBCSLANG	see description	X			Comp
DBCSTYPE	see description	X			Comp
DETAILS	NODETAILS	X	X	X	LR
DEVICE	none	X	X	X	Comp/LR
DFLANG	english	X	X	X	LR
DKRICOND	ERROR	X	X	X	LR
DKROCOND	WARN	X	X	X	LR
DLDMGACTION	repair	X	X	X	LR
DMR	NODMR	X			Connect
DMS	NODMS	X			LR
DMSEXP	dmsexp	X			LR
DOCLOC	none	X			LR
DSNFERR	DSNFERR	X	X	X	LR
ECHO	none	X			Comp
ECHOAUTO	NOECHOAUTO	X			LR
EDITCMD	none	X	X		Comp
EMAILSYS	none	X (except SASV7_OPTIONS environment variable)	Comp
ENGINE	V7	X			Comp/LR
ERRORABEND	NOERRORABEND	X	X	X	LR
ERRORCHECK	NORMAL	X			LR
ERRORS	20	X	X	X	LR
EXPLORER	explorer	X			LR
FILELOCKS	FAIL	X			Comp
FIRSTOBS	1	X	X	X	LR
FMTERR	FMTERR	X	X	X	LR
FMTSEARCH	WORK library	X	X	X	LR
FORMCHAR	`\|----\|+\|---+=\| -/\<>*`	X	X	X	LR
FORMDLIM	none	X	X	X	LR
FORMS	DEFAULT	X	X	X	LR
FSDBTYPE	none	X			Comp
FSIMM	none	X			Comp
FSIMMOPT	none	X			Comp
FULLSTIMER	NOFULLSTIMER	X	X		Comp
GISMAPS	see description				LR
GWINDOW	GWINDOW	X	X	X	LR
HELPLOC	!SASROOT/X11/native_help	X			Comp/LR
IMPLMAC	NOIMPLMAC	X	X	X	LR
INGOPTS	none	X			Access
INITCMD	none	X			LR
INITSTMT	none	X			LR
INVALIDDATA	.	X	X	X	LR
INSERT	none	X			Comp
LABEL	LABEL	X	X	X	LR
_LAST_	_NULL_	X	X	X	LR
LINESIZE	see description	X	X	X	Comp/LR
LMODE	LMODE	X			Comp
LOG	see description	X			Comp
LPTYPE	see description	X	X		Comp
MACRO	MACRO	X			LR
MAPS	see description	X	X	X	LR/Comp
MAUTOSOURCE	MAUTOSOURCE	X	X	X	LR
MERROR	MERROR	X	X	X	LR
MFILE	nomfile	X	X	X	LR
MEMSIZE	32M	X			Comp
MISSING	.	X	X	X	LR
MLOGIC	NOMLOGIC	X	X	X	LR
MPRINT	NOMPRINT	X	X	X	LR
MRECALL	NOMRECALL	X	X	X	LR
MSG	!SASROOT/sasmsg	X			Comp
MSGCASE	NOMSGCASE	X			LR
MSGLEVEL	N	X	X	X	LR
MSTORED	NOMSTORED	X	X	X	LR
MSYMTABMAX	4M	X	X	X	Comp/LR
MULTENVAPPLE	NOMULTENVAPPLE	X	X		LR
MVARSIZE	32K	X	X	X	Comp/LR
NETENCRYPT		X	X	X	Share/Connect
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM		X	X	x	Share/Connect
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN	0	X	X	X	Share/Connect
NETMAC	NETMAC	X	X	X	Share/Connect
NEWS	none	X			Comp/LR
NOTES	NOTES	X	X	X	LR
NUMBER	NUMBER	X	X	X	LR
OBJECTSERVER	noobjectserver	X			LR
OBS	MAX	X	X	X	Comp/LR
OPLIST	NOOPLIST	X			Comp
OVP	NOOVP	X	X	X	LR
PAGENO	1	X	X	X	LR
PAGESIZE	see description	X	X	X	Comp/LR
PARM	none	X	X	X	LR
PARMCARDS	FT15F001	X	X	X	LR
PATH	see description	X			Comp
PRINT	see description	X			Comp
PRINTCMD	none	X	X		Comp
PRINTINIT	noprintinit	X			LR
PRINTMSGLIST	PRINTMSGLIST	X	X	X	LR
PROBSIG	0	X	X	X	LR
PROC	PROC	X	X	X	LR
PROCLEAVE	64K	X			Comp
REPLACE	REPLACE	X	X	X	LR
REP_MGRLOC	none	X			LR
REUSE	NO	X	X	X	LR
RSASUSER	NORSASUSER	X			Comp/LR
RTRACE	none	X			Comp
RTRACELOC	stderr	X			Comp
S	0	X	X	X	Comp/LR
SAMPLOC	!SASROOT/X11/native_help	X			Comp/LR
SASAUTOS	SASAUTOS fileref	X	X	X	Comp/LR
SASFRSCR	none	Valid in SAS Component Language	Connect
SASHELP	!SASROOT/sashelp	X			Comp/LR
SASMSTORE	none	X	X	X	LR
SASSCRIPT	!SASROOT/misc/connect	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SASUSER	~sasuser	X			Comp/LR
SEQ	8	X	X	X	LR
SERROR	SERROR	X	X	X	LR
SET	none	X			Comp
SETINIT	NOSETINIT	X			LR
SKIP	0	X	X	X	LR
SOLUTIONS	SOLUTIONS	X			LR
SORTCUT	0	X	X		Comp
SORTCUTP	0	X	X		Comp
SORTDEV	see decription	X	X		Comp
SORTDUP	physical	X	X	X	LR
SORTLIB	none	X	X		Comp
SORTNAME	SYNCSORT	X	X		Comp
SORTPGM	SAS	X	X		Comp
SORTSEQ	none	X	X	X	LR
SORTSIZE	16M	X	X	X	Comp/LR
SOURCE	SOURCE	X	X	X	LR
SOURCE2	NOSOURCE2	X	X	X	LR
SPOOL	SPOOL	X	X	X	LR
STDIO	NOSTDIO	X			Comp
STIMEFMT	N	X			Comp
STIMER	STIMER	X	X		Comp
SUMSIZE	8K				LR
SYMBOLGEN	NOSYMBOLGEN	X	X	X	LR
SYSIN	none	X			Comp
SYSLEAVE	64K	X			Comp
SYSPARM	none	X	X	X	LR
SYSPRINT	default system printer	X			Comp
S2	0	X	X	X	LR
TAPECLOSE	REREAD	X	X	X	Comp
TBUFSIZE	0	X	X	X	Connect
TCPPORTFIRST	0	SAS invocation on the remote host	Methods
TCPPORTLAST	0	SAS invocation on the remote host	Methods
TERMINAL	TERMINAL	X			LR
TRAINLOC	none	X			LR
TRANTAB	none	X	X	X	LR/Connect
UNBUFLOG	NOUNBUFLOG	X			Comp
USER	none	X	X	X	Comp/LR
VALIDVARNAME	V7	X	X	X	LR
VERBOSE	NOVERBOSE	X			Comp
VNFERR	VNFERR	X	X	X	LR
WORK	see description	X			Comp/LR
WORKINIT	WORKINIT	X			Comp/LR
WORKTERM	WORKTERM	X	X	X	LR
XCMD	XCMD	X			Comp
XPRINTNM	see description	X	X		Comp
YEARCUTOFF	1920	X	X	X	LR

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Comp	indicates that the option is described in this chapter .
LR	indicates that the option is described in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.
Access	indicates that the option is described in SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference (CA-OpenIngres Chapter).
Connect	indicates that the option is described in SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.
Share	indicates that the option is described in SAS/SHARE User's Guide.
Methods	indicates that the option is described in Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE Software.