| System Options under z/OS |
Specifies whether SAS erases WORK files at the termination of
a SAS session.
| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, Option
statement, SAS System Options window
|
| Category: |
Environment control: Files
|
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
ENVFILES
|
| z/OS specifics: |
default setting
|
WORKTERM is the most appropriate setting when the WORK library resides
in a UFS directory because reusing a UFS WORK library from a previous session
is not practical. However, NOWORKTERM is the appropriate setting when the
WORK library resides in a direct access bound library because either the library
resides in a temporary z/OS data set that will be deleted by the system anyway,
or the library resides in a permanent data set that might be reused.
SAS recommends that you specify NOWORKTERM in the default options table
and not specify it in a CONFIG file or in the SAS invocation options. If you
follow this recommendation, SAS automatically selects the appropriate setting
during SAS system initialization, based on the type of WORK library.
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