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System Options under z/OS

SET= System Option: z/OS



Defines an environment variable.
Default: none
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment Control: ENVFILES
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES
z/OS specifics: all

Syntax
Details

Syntax

SET= 'environment-variable value'

environment-variable

specifies the environment variable to define.

value

specifies the environment variable value. Note that quotation marks are required around the entire environment-variable value string.


Details

You can use the SET= system option to define an environment variable that is valid within the SAS session. For example, you can use the SET= option to make environment variables available to turn on support for various utility functions. SAS/CONNECT software uses environment variables to turn on debug tracing capabilities, among other things.

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