Statements under OpenVMS

X Statement: OpenVMS

Issues an operating environment command from within a SAS session.

Valid:	anywhere in a SAS program
OpenVMS specifics:	operating environment command; OpenVMS subprocesses
See:	X Statement in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
Details

Syntax

X <'DCL-command'>;

no argument: spawns an OpenVMS subprocess, where you can issue DCL commands on OpenVMS.
'DCL-command': 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.