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SAS System Options

TERMINAL System Option



Specifies whether to associate a terminal with a SAS session.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment control: Initialization and operation
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= EXECMODES

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details

Syntax

TERMINAL | NOTERMINAL


Syntax Description

TERMINAL

specifies that SAS evaluate the execution environment and if a physical display is not available for an interactive environment, sets the option to NOTERMINAL. Specify TERMINAL when you use the SAS windowing environment.

NOTERMINAL

specifies that SAS not evaluate the execution environment.


Details

SAS defaults to the appropriate setting for the TERMINAL system option based on whether the session is invoked in the foreground or the background. If NOTERMINAL is specified, dialog boxes are not displayed.

The TERMINAL option is normally used with the following execution modes:

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