System Options under OpenVMS |
Specifies that SAS is invoked in a SPAWN/NOWAIT subprocess.
Default: |
WAIT
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Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL
symbol
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Category: |
Environment control: Initialization and operation
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PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
EXECMODES
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OpenVMS specifics: |
all
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WAIT
-
causes SAS to assume that the terminal can
be used to take input from the user. This is the default.
-
NOWAIT
-
causes SAS to assume that the terminal cannot
be used to take input from the user. Therefore, SAS will not run in interactive
line mode. Attention handling is disabled. However, you can run SAS in batch
mode or in the Motif environment. The following is an example of using this
option:
$ SPAWN/NOWAIT SAS/SPAWN=NOWAIT MYFILE.SAS
Specifying SPAWN=NOWAIT in this
situation is highly recommended. If you do not specify it, unnecessary interactions
occur between the spawned SAS session and your terminal.
The SPAWN= system option facilitates smooth
operation of SAS in a SPAWN/NOWAIT subprocess.
To terminate the subprocess that runs SAS, use the DCL
STOP
command.
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