BOMFILE System Option

Specifies whether to write the byte order mark (BOM) prefix on Unicode-encoded external files.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Files: External files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	EXTFILES

Syntax

BOMFILE | NOBOMFILE

BOMFILE: Specifies to write a byte order mark (BOM) prefix when a Unicode-encoded file is written to an external file.

NOBOMFILE: Specifies not to write a BOM prefix when a Unicode-encoded file is written to an external file.

The BOMFILE system option does not apply when a Unicode-encoded external file is read.

A BOM is a signature at the beginning of a Unicode data stream. The size of the BOM varies depending on the encoding.