System Options under UNIX

HELPLOC System Option: UNIX

Specifies the location of the text and index files for the facility that is used to view the online SAS Help and Documentation.

Default:	!SASROOT/X11/native_help/en
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Environment control: Help
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	HELP
UNIX specifics:	default pathname

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Syntax

-HELPLOC (pathname<,pathname-2...,pathname-n>)

pathname: specifies one or more directory pathnames in which the online SAS Help and Documentation files are located.

Details

Specifying a value for the HELPLOC system option causes SAS to insert that value at the start of a list of concatenated values, the last of which is the default value. This behavior enables you to access help for your site without losing access to SAS Help and Documentation.

To add pathnames, use the INSERT or APPEND system options. For more information, see the INSERT System Option and APPEND System Option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.

Example

The following command contains two specifications of HELPLOC:

sas -insert helploc /app2/help -insert helploc /app1/help -append

The value of the system option is the following:

/app1/help, /app2/help, !SASROOT/X11/native_help