System Options under OpenVMS |
Specifies how long a subprocess that has been spawned by an X
statement or X command remains inactive before being deleted.
Default: |
NOXTIMEOUT
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Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, SAS System Options window, 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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XTIMEOUT=time-span
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specifies the number of minutes until an
inactive subprocess is deleted. The value of time-span
can range from 0 to 59. XTIMEOUT=0 indicates
that the subprocess is deleted immediately when control returns to SAS.
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NOXTIMEOUT
-
indicates that the subprocess never times
out, and it is not deleted until the SAS session terminates.
This option affects only the following
form of the X command or X statement:
X 'DCL-command'
When an X statement or X command spawns a subprocess
to issue one specific DCL command, the subprocess is not automatically deleted
when control returns to SAS; it remains active based on the value of the XTIMEOUT= system
option.
Each time an X statement or X command is issued, the
timer is reset to the value specified in the XTIMEOUT= system
option. When the subprocess remains inactive for the time period specified
by XTIMEOUT=, the subprocess is deleted.
Note: When certain DCL commands are submitted by an
X statement or X command, any existing subprocess is deleted regardless of
the value of the XTIMEOUT= system
option. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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