System Options under UNIX

NEWS System Option: UNIX

Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.

Default:	!SASROOT/misc/base/news (set in the installed !SASROOT/sasv9.cfg file)
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category:	Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVFILES, LOGCONTROL
UNIX specifics:	-NONEWS option
See:	NEWS= System Option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax

-NEWS file-specification | -NONEWS

-NEWS file-specification: specifies an external file. This file contains the messages for the SAS log.
-NONEWS: specifies that the contents of the NEWS file are not displayed in the SAS log, even if the file exists. This option causes any previous NEWS specifications to be ignored.

The contents of the NEWS file are displayed in the SAS log immediately after the SAS header.