System Options under z/OS

SEQENGINE= System Option: z/OS

Specifies the default engine for sequential SAS libraries.

Default:	TAPE
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	File Control: SASFILES
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SASFILES
z/OS specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

SEQENGINE=engine-name

engine-name

can have the following values:

TAPE: specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS libraries in the latest tape format.
V9TAPE | V9SEQ | V8TAPE | V8SEQ |V7TAPE | V7SEQ: specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS libraries in SAS 9.2, Version 8, or Version 7 tape format. The SAS 9.2, Version 8, and Version 7 engines are identical.
V6TAPE | V6SEQ: specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS libraries in Version 6 tape format.

Details

The SEQENGINE= system option specifies the default engine that SAS that uses to access an existing sequential format library when an engine name is not explicitly stated in the LIBNAME statement or LIBNAME function.