Usage Note 42110: The CAPSOUT and NOCAPSOUT SAS system options in the z/OS environment take effect only at the time that you open the file
The SAS system options CAPSOUT and NOCAPSOUT take effect when the SAS system opens an output file. If you change the option value subsequent to opening the output file, such an action has no effect on the output file. Hence, for the SASLOG, the option setting at startup of the SAS session is the setting that is in effect for the duration of the session. For the SASLIST file, you can change the option until you first write to that file with a PROC PRINT or a DATA step with FILE PRINT for example.
The CAPSOUT and NOCAPSOUT system options have always functioned in this manner. Although the SAS Companion for z/OS does not go into great detail about this situation, the documentation will be expanded to explain the behavior.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | | |
| Z64 | | |
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
Additions will be made to documentation on the CAPSOUT/NOCAPSOUT option to explain that it takes effect at the time the file is opened.
| Date Modified: | 2011-05-09 16:20:35 |
| Date Created: | 2011-01-18 09:59:43 |
