System Options under OpenVMS

WORK= System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies the name of the directory under which the SAS Work directory is created.

Default:	SAS$WORKROOT:
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVFILES
OpenVMS specifics:	valid values for library-specification
See:	WORK= System Option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax

WORK=library-specification

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

You can define a logical name SAS$WORKROOT to override the system default.