Issues an operating environment command from within a SAS session.
Valid: |
anywhere in a SAS program
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OpenVMS specifics: |
operating environment command; OpenVMS subprocesses
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See: |
X Statement in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
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no argument
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spawns an OpenVMS subprocess, where you
can issue DCL commands on OpenVMS.
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'DCL-command'
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specifies a single DCL command. The value
for DCL-command must be enclosed in quotation
marks.
The X statement issues a DCL command from
within a SAS session. SAS executes the X statement immediately.
For complete information about the X statement, see
Issuing DCL Commands during a SAS Session.
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