System Options under OpenVMS

DUMP= System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies when to create a process dump file.

Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ERRORHANDLING
OpenVMS specifics:	all

Syntax
Details

Syntax

DUMP=END_PROC | FATAL

NODUMP

DUMP

tells SAS to create a process dump file. This form of the option can take the following values:

END_PROC: causes the next procedure that runs to completion to signal a fatal error. If SET PROCESS/DUMP has been turned on, this forces a file to be created on a disk that can later be analyzed with the ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP utility. DUMP=END_PROC is used to gather information for debugging at any point throughout the execution of a SAS job.
FATAL: tells SAS to resignal any fatal errors that it encounters. If SET PROCESS/DUMP has been turned on, this forces a file to be created on a disk that can later be analyzed with the ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP utility.

NODUMP

tells SAS not to perform any dump activity.

Details

CAUTION:: Never use the DUMP= system option unless you are advised to do so by SAS Technical Support.

The DUMP= system option is used for debugging purposes only. You use it with the DCL command SET PROCESS/DUMP to write the contents of the address space to a file on disk when SAS terminates due to a fatal error. To create a dump file, type the following DCL command at the DCL prompt before you run your SAS job:

$ SET PROCESS/DUMP

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