SAS 9.1 Companion For Unix Enivronments
The following table 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 this documentation. If an option is available under all environments but has some environment-specific behavior, it is described in both SAS Language Reference: Dictionary and this documentation. Use the following legend to see where to find more information on an option.
| Access | indicates that the option is described in the SAS/ACCESS section of the SAS Help and Documentation. |
| Comp | indicates that the option is described in this section. |
| Connect | indicates that the option is described in SAS/CONNECT User's Guide . |
| DQ | indicates that the option is described in SAS Data Quality Server: Reference . |
| IT | indicates that the option is described in the documentation for SAS Integration Technologies, either with the SAS Integration Technologies software or on the SAS Web site. |
| LR | indicates that the option is described in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary . |
| Macro | indicates that the option is described in SAS Macro Language: Reference . |
| Methods | indicates that the option is described in Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE . |
| NLS | indicates that the option is described in SAS National Language Support (NLS): User's Guide . |
| Share | indicates that the option is described in SAS/SHARE User's Guide . |
| SPDE | indicates that the option is described in SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference . |
The table also shows the default value for each option and where you can specify the option:
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at initialization: in the SAS command, in the SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable, or in the configuration file
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in the OPTIONS statement
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in the System Options window.
| Can Be Specified In | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Default | SAS Invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS, Configuration File | OPTIONS Statement | System Options Window | See |
| ALTLOG | no copy | X | Comp | ||
| ALTPRINT | no copy | X | Comp | ||
| APPLETLOC | !SASROOT/misc/applets | X | LR | ||
| ARMAGENT | sasarmmg | X | X | X | LR |
| ARMLOC | none | X | X | X | LR |
| ARMSUBSYS | ARM_NONE | X | X | X | LR |
| ASYNCHIO | see LR | X | LR | ||
| AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN | NULL | X | LR | ||
| AUTOEXEC | see description | X | Comp | ||
| AUTOSAVELOC | none | X | X | X | Comp |
| AUTOSIGNON | NOAUTOSIGNON | X | X | X | Connect |
| BATCH | NOBATCH | X | Comp/LR | ||
| BINDING | DEFAULT | X | X | X | LR |
| BLKSIZE | 256 | X | X | X | Comp |
| BOTTOMMARGIN |
| X | X | X | LR |
| BUFNO | 1 | X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| BUFSIZE |
| X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| BYERR | BYERR | X | X | X | LR |
| BYLINE | BYLINE | X | X | X | LR |
| BYSORTED | BYSORTED | X | LR | ||
| CAPS | NOCAPS | X | X | X | LR |
| CARDIMAGE | NOCARDIMAGE | X | X | X | LR |
| CATCACHE |
| X | Comp/LR | ||
| CBUFNO |
| 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 | Macro |
| CMPLIB | NULL | X | X | X | LR |
| CMPOPT | none | X | X | LR | |
| COLLATE | NOCOLLATE | X | X | X | LR |
| COLORPRINTINT | COLORPRINTINT | 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 SASV9_CONFIG environment variable) | Comp | ||
| CONNECTPERSIST | YES | X | Connect | ||
| CONNECTREMOTE | none | X | X | X | Connect |
| CONNECTSTATUS | X | X | X | X | Connect |
| CONNECTWAIT | X | X | X | X | Connect |
| COPIES | 1 | X | X | X | LR |
| CPUCOUNT | 8 | X | X | X | LR |
| CPUID | CPUID | X | LR | ||
| DATASTMTCHK | COREKEYWORDS | X | X | X | LR |
| DATE | DATE | X | X | X | LR |
| DATESTYLE | MDY | X | X | X | LR |
| DBCS | NODBCS | X | NLS | ||
| DBCSLANG | see description | X | NLS | ||
| DBCSTYPE | see description | X | NLS | ||
| DBSLICEPARM | (THREADED_APPS, 2) | X | X | X | LR |
| DBSRVTP | NONE | X | Access | ||
| DETAILS | NODETAILS | X | X | X | LR |
| DEVICE | none | X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| DFLANG | ENGLISH | X | X | X | NLS |
| DKRICOND | ERROR | X | X | X | LR |
| DKROCOND | WARN | X | X | X | LR |
| DLDMGACTION | REPAIR | X | X | X | LR |
| DMR | NODMR | X | Connect | ||
| DMS | DMS | X | LR | ||
| DMSEXP | NODMSEXP | X | LR | ||
| DMSLOGSIZE | 99999 | X | LR | ||
| DMSOUTSIZE | 99999 | X | LR | ||
| DMSYNCHK | NODMSSYNCHK | X | X | X | LR |
| DQLOCALE | NULL | X | X | X | DQ |
| DQSETUPLOC | NULL | X | X | X | DQ |
| DSNFERR | DSNFERR | X | X | X | LR |
| DTRESET | NODTRESET | X | X | X | LR |
| DUPLEX | NODUPLEX | X | X | X | LR |
| ECHO | none | X | Comp | ||
| ECHOAUTO | NOECHOAUTO | X | LR | ||
| EDITCMD | none | X | X | Comp | |
| EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL | LOGIN | X | LR | ||
| EMAILHOST | localhost | X | LR | ||
| EMAILID | none | X | LR | ||
| EMAILPORT | 25 | X | LR | ||
| EMAILPW | NULL | X | LR | ||
| EMAILSYS | SMTP | X (except SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable) | Comp | ||
| ENCODING | latin1 | X | NLS | ||
| ENGINE | V9 | X | Comp/LR | ||
| ERRORABEND | NOERRORABEND | X | X | X | LR |
| ERRORBYABEND | NOERRORBYABEND | X | X | X | LR |
| ERRORCHECK | NORMAL | X | LR | ||
| ERRORS | 20 | X | X | X | LR |
| EXPLORER | NOEXPLORER | 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 |
| FSDBTYPE | none | X | NLS | ||
| FORMCHAR | ----+---+= -/\<>* | X | X | X | LR |
| FORMDLIM | none | X | X | X | LR |
| FORMS | DEFAULT | X | X | X | LR |
| FONTSLOC | !SASROOT/misc/font | X | Comp/LR | ||
| FSIMM | none | X | NLS | ||
| FSIMMOPT | none | X | NLS | ||
| FULLSTIMER | NOFULLSTIMER | X | X | Comp | |
| GISMAPS | see description | LR | |||
| GWINDOW | GWINDOW | X | X | X | LR |
| HELPADDR | NULL | X | X | X | Web |
| HELPBROWSER | SAS | X | X | X | Web |
| HELPENCMD | none | X | LR | ||
| HELPHOST | NULL | X | X | X | Web |
| HELPINDEX | /help/common.hlp/index.txt, /help/common.hlp/keywords.htm, common.hhk | X | Comp/LR | ||
| HELPLOC | !SASROOT/X11/native_help | X | Comp/LR | ||
| HELPPORT |
| X | X | X | Web |
| HELPTOC | /help/common.hlp/contents.txt, / help/common.hlp/toc.htm, common.hhc | X | Comp/LR | ||
| IBUFSIZE |
| X | X | X | LR |
| IMPLMAC | NOIMPLMAC | X | X | X | Macro |
| INITCMD | none | X | LR | ||
| INITSTMT | none | X | LR | ||
| INVALIDDATA | . | X | X | X | LR |
| JREOPTIONS | none | X | Comp | ||
| LABEL | LABEL | X | X | X | LR |
| _LAST_ | _NULL_ | X | X | X | LR |
| LEFTMARGIN |
| X | X | X | LR |
| LINESIZE | see description | X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| LOADMEMSIZE |
| X | Comp | ||
| LOCALE | English | X | X | X | NLS |
| LOG | see description | X | Comp | ||
| LOGPARM | none | X | LR | ||
| LPTYPE | see description | X | X | Comp | |
| MACRO | MACRO | X | Macro | ||
| MAPS | !SASROOT/maps | X | X | X | LR/Comp |
| MAUTOLOCDISPLAY | NOMAUTO-LOCDISPLAY | X | X | X | Macro |
| MAUTOSOURCE | MAUTOSOURCE | X | X | X | Macro |
| MAXMEMQUERY | 6M | X | Comp | ||
| MAXSEGRATIO | 75 | X | X | X | SPDE |
| MCOMPILENOTE | NONE | X | X | X | Macro |
| MERGENOBY | NOWARN | X | X | X | LR |
| MERROR | MERROR | X | X | X | Macro |
| MEMSIZE | value set in !SASROOT/sasv9.cfg | X | Comp | ||
| METAAUTORESOURCES | NULL | X | LR | ||
| METACONNECT | NULL | X | X | X | LR |
| METAENCRYPTALG | NONE | X | LR | ||
| METAENCRYPTLEVEL | EVERYTHING | X | LR | ||
| METAID | none | X | LR | ||
| METAPASS | none | X | X | X | LR |
| METAPORT |
| X | X | X | LR |
| METAPROFILE | NULL | X | LR | ||
| METAPROTOCOL | BRIDGE | X | X | X | LR |
| METAREPOSITORY | DEFAULT | X | LR | ||
| METASERVER | none | X | X | X | LR |
| METAUSER | none | X | X | X | LR |
| MINDELIMITER | NULL | X | X | X | Macro |
| MFILE | NOMFILE | X | X | X | Macro |
| MINPARTSIZE |
| X | SPDE | ||
| MISSING | . | X | X | X | LR |
| MLOGIC | NOMLOGIC | X | X | X | Macro |
| MLOGICNEST | NOMLOGICNEST | X | X | X | Macro |
| MPRINT | NOMPRINT | X | X | X | Macro |
| MPRINTNEST | NOMPRINTNEST | X | X | X | Macro |
| MRECALL | NOMRECALL | X | X | X | Macro |
| MSG | !SASROOT/sasmsg | X | Comp | ||
| MSGCASE | NOMSGCASE | X | LR | ||
| MSGLEVEL | N | X | X | X | LR |
| MSTORED | NOMSTORED | X | X | X | Macro |
| MSYMTABMAX | 4M | X | X | X | Comp/Macro |
| MULTENVAPPLE | NOMULTENVAPPLE | X | X | LR | |
| MVARSIZE | 32K | X | X | X | Comp/Macro |
| NETENCRYPT | NONETENCRYPT | X | X | X | Connect |
| NETENCRYPTALGORITHM | none | X | X | X | Connect |
| NETENCRYPTKEYLEN |
| X | X | X | Connect |
| NETMAC | NETMAC | X | X | X | Connect |
| NEWS | !SASROOT/misc/base/news | X | Comp/LR | ||
| NLSCOMPATMODE | NONLSCOMPATMODE | X | NLS | ||
| 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 | ||
| ORIENTATION | PORTRAIT | X | X | X | LR |
| OVP | NOOVP | X | X | X | LR |
| PAGEBREAK | NOPAGEBREAK | X | LR | ||
| INITIAL | INITIAL | ||||
| PAGENO | 1 | X | X | X | LR |
| PAGESIZE | see description | X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| PAPERDEST | none | X | X | X | LR |
| PAPERSIZE | LETTER | X | X | X | LR |
| PAPERSOURCE | none | X | X | X | LR |
| PAPERTYPE | PLAIN | X | X | X | LR |
| PARM | none | X | X | X | LR |
| PARMCARDS | FT15F001 | X | X | X | LR |
| PATH | !SASROOT/sasexe | X | Comp | ||
| | see description | X | Comp | ||
| PRINTCMD | none | X | X | Comp | |
| PRINTERPATH | none | X (Available on MIPS ABI and Intel ABI only) | LR | ||
| PRINTINIT | NOPRINTINIT | X | LR | ||
| PRINTMSGLIST | PRINTMSGLIST | X | X | X | LR |
| PRODTOC | NULL | X | Web | ||
| QUOTELENMAX | QUOTELENMAX | X | X | X | LR |
| REALMEMSIZE |
| X | COMP | ||
| REPLACE | REPLACE | X | X | X | LR |
| REUSE | NO | X | X | X | LR |
| RIGHTMARGIN |
| X | X | X | LR |
| RSASUSER | NORSASUSER | X | Comp/LR | ||
| RTRACE | none | X | Comp | ||
| RTRACELOC | none | X | Comp | ||
| S |
| X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| S2 |
| X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| SASAUTOS | SASAUTOS fileref | X | X | X | Comp/Macro |
| SASCMD | none | X | Connect | ||
| SASFRSCR | none | Valid in SAS Component Language | Connect | ||
| SASHELP | !SASROOT/sashelp | X | Comp/LR | ||
| SASMSTORE | none | X | X | X | Macro |
| SASSCRIPT | !SASROOT/misc/connect | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| SASUSER | ~SASUSER.800 | X | Comp/LR | ||
| SEQ | 8 | X | X | X | LR |
| SEQENGINE | V9TAPE | X | X | X | Comp |
| SERROR | SERROR | X | X | X | Macro |
| SET | none | X | X | Comp | |
| SETINIT | NOSETINIT | X | LR | ||
| SKIP |
| X | X | X | LR |
| SOLUTIONS | SOLUTIONS | X | LR | ||
| SORTANOM | none | X | X | Comp | |
| SORTCUT |
| X | X | Comp | |
| SORTCUTP |
| X | X | Comp | |
| SORTDEV | see description | X | X | Comp | |
| SORTDUP | physical | X | X | X | LR |
| SORTEQUALS | SORTEQUALS | X | X | X | LR |
| SORTNAME | none | X | X | Comp | |
| SORTPARM | none | X | X | Comp | |
| SORTPGM | BEST | X | X | Comp | |
| SORTSEQ | none | X | X | X | NLS |
| SORTSIZE | MAX | X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| SOURCE | SOURCE | X | X | X | LR |
| SOURCE2 | NOSOURCE2 | X | X | X | LR |
| SPDEINDEXSORTSIZE | 32M | X | X | X | SPDE |
| SPDEMAXTHREADS |
| X | SPDE | ||
| SPDESORTSIZE | 32M | X | X | X | SPDE |
| SPDEUTILLOC | NULL | X | SPDE | ||
| SPDEWHEVAL | COST | X | SPDE | ||
| SPOOL | NOSPOOL | X | X | X | LR |
| SSLCALISTLOC | none | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| SSLCERTLOC | none | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| SSLCLIENTAUTH | NOSSLCLIENTAUTH | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| SSLCRLCHECK | NOSSLCRLCHECK | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| SSLCRLLOC | none | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| SSLPVTKEYLOC | none | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| SSLPVTKEYPASS | none | X | X | X | Comp/Connect |
| STARTLIB | STARTLIB | X | LR | ||
| STDIO | NOSTDIO | X | Comp | ||
| STIMEFMT | M | X | Comp | ||
| STIMER | STIMER | X | X | Comp | |
| SUMSIZE |
| X | LR | ||
| SYMBOLGEN | NOSYMBOLGEN | X | X | X | Macro |
| SYNCHIO | see LR | X | LR | ||
| SYNTAXCHECK | SYNTAXCHECK | X | X | X | LR |
| SYSIN | none | X | Comp | ||
| SYSPARM | none | X | X | X | Macro |
| SYSPRINT | default system printer | X | Comp | ||
| SYSPRINTFONT | none | X | X | X | LR |
| SYSRPUTSYNC | NO | X | Connect | ||
| TAPECLOSE | REREAD | X | X | X | Comp |
| TBUFSIZE |
| X | X | X | Connect |
| TCPPORTFIRST |
| SAS invocation on the remote host | Connect | ||
| TCPPORTLAST |
| SAS invocation on the remote host | Connect | ||
| TERMINAL | TERMINAL | X | LR | ||
| TERMSTMT | none | X | LR | ||
| TEXTURELOC | none | X | X | X | LR |
| THREADS | NOTHREADS | X | X | X | LR |
| TOOLSMENU | TOOLSMENU | X | LR | ||
| TOPMARGIN |
| X | X | X | LR |
| TRAINLOC | none | X | LR | ||
| TRANTAB | none | X | X | X | NLS |
| UNIVERSALPRINT | UNIVERSALPRINT | X | LR | ||
| USER | none | X | X | X | Comp/LR |
| UTILLOC | none | X | LR | ||
| UUIDCOUNT | 100 | X | X | X | IT |
| UUIDGENDHOST | none | X | IT | ||
| V6CREATEUPDATE | ERROR | X | LR | ||
| VALIDFMTNAME | LONG | X | X | X | LR |
| VALIDVARNAME | V7 | X | X | X | LR |
| VERBOSE | NOVERBOSE | X | Comp | ||
| VIEWMENU | VIEWMENU | X | LR | ||
| VNFERR | VNFERR | X | X | X | LR |
| WORK | see description | X | Comp/LR | ||
| WORKINIT | WORKINIT | X | Comp/LR | ||
| WORKPERMS | WORKPERMS | X | Comp | ||
| WORKTERM | WORKTERM | X | X | X | LR |
| XCMD | XCMD | X | Comp | ||
| YEARCUTOFF | 1920 | X | X | X | LR |