System Options under OpenVMS

LOGMULTREAD System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies the session log file to be opened for shared READ access.

Default:	NOLOGMULTREAD
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LOGCONTROL
OpenVMS specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

LOGMULTREAD | NOLOGMULTREAD

LOGMULTREAD: opens the session log file for shared READ access.
NOLOGMULTREAD: closes the session log file. This is the default.

Details

The LOGMULTREAD system option enables you to open the session log file for shared READ access. The default is NOLOGMULTREAD. Specifying LOGMULTREAD degrades performance because data is written to the log more frequently.