System Options under OpenVMS

USER= System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies the default permanent SAS library.

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 for library-specification
See:	USER= System Option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
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Syntax

USER=library-specification

library-specification: can be a libref, an OpenVMS logical name, or a pathname to the directory or subdirectory level. Do not use a specific filename.

Details

If the USER= system option is specified, you can use one-level names to reference permanent SAS files in SAS statements. However, if USER=WORK is specified, SAS assumes that files referenced with one-level names refer to temporary work files.