System Options under z/OS

ECHO= System Option: z/OS

Specifies a message to be echoed to the SAS log while initializing SAS.

Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LOGCONTROL
z/OS specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

ECHO= "message"

"message": specifies the text of the message to be echoed to the SAS log. The text must be enclosed in single or double quotation marks if the message is more than one word. Otherwise, quotation marks are not needed.

Details

You can specify multiple ECHO options. The strings are displayed in the order in which SAS encounters them. See Precedence for Option Specifications for information about how that order is determined.

Example

For example, you can specify the following:

echo="SAS under z/OS
       is initializing."

The message appears in the log as SAS initializes.

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