| SAS System Options under Windows |
Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open.
| Default: |
0
|
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation
|
| Category: |
Files: SAS Files
|
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
SASFILES
|
| Windows specifics: |
Valid values for n
|
| See: |
CATCACHE System Option in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
|
|
-CATCACHE n | nK | MIN | MAX
|
-
n |
nK
-
specifies the number of open-file descriptors
to keep in cache memory in multiples of 1 (n)
or 1,024 (nK). You can specify decimal values
for the number of kilobytes. For example, a value of 8
specifies 8 open-file descriptors, a value
of .782k
specifies 801
open-file descriptors, and a value of 3k
specifies 3,072 open-file descriptors.
If n > 0, SAS places up
to that number of open-file descriptors in cache memory instead of closing
the catalogs.
-
MIN
-
sets the number of open-file descriptors
that are kept in cache memory to 0.
-
MAX
-
sets the number of open-file descriptors
that are kept in cache memory to 32,767.
By using the CATCACHE system option to
specify the number of SAS catalogs to keep open, you can avoid the repeated
opening and closing of the same catalogs.
If SAS is running on a z/OS server and the MINSTG system
option is in effect, SAS sets the value of CATCACHE to 0.
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