System Options under OpenVMS

SYSPARM= System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.

Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVFILES
OpenVMS specifics:	valid values and syntax for characters
See:	SYSPARM= System Option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

SYSPARM=<">characters<">

characters: writes the character string in all uppercase.
"characters": preserves the case of the character string.

Details

The SYSPARM= system option specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.

By default, OpenVMS changes the value of the SYSPARM= system option to uppercase. To preserve the case of the string, enclose it in double quotation marks.

Example

If you specify the following command,

$ SAS/SYSPARM=mytext

the string MYTEXT is passed to your SAS session.

However, if you specify the following command,

$ SAS/SYSPARM="mytext"

the string mytext is passed to your SAS session.

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