| System Options under UNIX |
Specifies the order in which format catalogs are
searched.
| Default: |
(WORK LIBRARY)
|
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, SAS System Options window, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
|
| Category: |
Environment control: Files
|
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
ENVDISPLAY
|
| UNIX specifics: |
valid values for catalog-specification
|
| See: |
FMTSEARCH= System Option in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
|
|
-FMTSEARCH (catalog-specification-1... catalog-specification-n)
|
|
FMTSEARCH=(catalog-specification-1...
catalog-specification-n)
|
- catalog-specification
-
specifies the order in which format catalogs are searched
until the desired member is found. The value of libref
can be either libref or libref.catalog. If only the libref is given, SAS assumes that FORMATS is
the catalog name.
Note: The value of libref must be in uppercase
characters. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/61991/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
To add additional catalog-specification entries, use the INSERT or APPEND system options. For more
information, see the
INSERT System Option and
APPEND System Option in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.
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