SPDEUTILLOC= System Option

location

is an existing directory where the utility files are created.

(location-1 ...location-n)

a series of existing directories where the utility files are created.

Note:   Location can be enclosed in single or double quotation marks. Quotation marks are required if location contains embedded blanks.  

Operating Environment Information:   The SAS Companion for your operating system details how to specify system options.  

The SPD Engine creates temporary utility files during certain processing, such as automatic sorting and creating indexes. To successfully complete the process, you must have enough space to store the utility files. The SPDEUTILLOC= system option enables you to specify an adequate amount of space for processing. However, for the OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers, the libraries must be ODS-5 files. When multiple directories are specified in the SPDEUTILLOC= system option, the directory for the first utility file is randomly selected when processing starts. The selection continues in a cyclical fashion to the other directories. Utility files are temporary and are removed after processing is completed.

Note:   To avoid syntax errors, specify multiple directories in the configuration file.   

SAS recommends that you always specify SPDEUTILLOC= to ensure that you have enough space for processes that create utility files. If SPDEUTILLOC= is not specified, each operating environment has one or more default utility file locations. The following table shows the default utility file locations:

TABLE NOTE 1:  If the WORK= SAS system option does not specify an ODS-5 directory, and if the SAS session was started with an ODS-5 file specification of SASROOT, the utility files will be created in the SASROOT directory. Otherwise, there will be no default location, and the LIBNAME assignment will fail. 

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