System Options under OpenVMS

CACHENUM= System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies the number of caches used per SAS file.

Default:	5
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Files: SAS Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SASFILES
OpenVMS specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

CACHENUM=n

n

specifies the number of I/O data-cache pages to be used per SAS file.

Default:	5
Range:	0-16

Details

Pages of SAS files are cached in memory with each cache containing multiple pages. By default, the CACHENUM= system option maintains up to five caches for each open file.