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FILEREF

Verifies that a fileref has been assigned for the current SAS session and returns a value

Language element: function
Category: external-file
OpenVMS specifics: valid values for fileref

Syntax
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Syntax

FILEREF(fileref)

fileref
specifies the fileref to be validated. Under OpenVMS, fileref can also be an OpenVMS logical name that was assigned using the DCL DEFINE command.

Details

Under OpenVMS, you can assign filerefs using two methods. You can use the DCL DEFINE command to assign a fileref before you invoke SAS. For example: 


$ define myfile a.txt
$ sas;
  data;
  file myfile;
  put "HELLO";
  run;
This creates the file A.TXT.

You can use the X command to assign a fileref during your SAS session.
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