SAS System Options under Windows

VERBOSE System Option: Windows

Controls whether SAS writes the settings of all the system options specified in the configuration file to either the terminal or the batch log.

Default:	NOVERBOSE
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LOGCONTROL
Windows specifics:	Amount of information reported

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

-VERBOSE | -NOVERBOSE

VERBOSE: specifies to write the settings of the system options to the log.
NOVERBOSE: specifies not to write the settings of the system options to the log. NOVERBOSE is the default.

Details

The VERBOSE system option writes the settings of SAS system options that were set at SAS invocation either on the command line or as part of the configuration file. If you invoke SAS at a terminal, the settings are displayed at the terminal. If you invoke SAS as a part of a batch job, the settings are written to the batch log. You cannot change the settings of the SAS system options with the VERBOSE system option.

The VERBOSE system option is a good error diagnostic tool. If you receive an error message when you invoke SAS, you can use this option to see whether you have an error in your system option specifications.