HELPHOST System Option: UNIX

Specifies the name of the host computer where the remote browsing system is to be displayed.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, or SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category:	Environment control: Help
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	HELP
Default:	NULL
UNIX specifics:	all
See:	HELPHOST System Option in SAS System Options: Reference

Syntax

HELPHOST=”host”

-HELPHOST “host”

“host”: specifies the name of the computer where the remote browsing system is to be displayed. Quotation marks or parentheses are required. The maximum number of characters is 2048.

If you do not specify the HELPHOST option, the remote browsing system is displayed on the host that is specified in the X display setting.

The syntax for specifying the HELPHOST system option for UNIX environments is shown in the following example:

sas93/helphost "my.computer.com"

The syntax for specifying the HELPHOST system option using the OPTIONS statement is shown in the following example:

options helphost="my.computer.com";