Data Set Options under UNIX |
Specifies how a tape is positioned when a SAS data set is closed.
Default: |
REREAD
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Valid in: |
DATA step and PROC steps
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Category: |
Miscellaneous
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Engines: |
V9TAPE, V8TAPE, V7TAPE, V6TAPE
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UNIX specifics: |
list of valid values
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See: |
FILECLOSE= Data Set Option in
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
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FILECLOSE= FREE | LEAVE | REREAD | REWIND
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FREE
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rewinds and dismounts the tape. If the
device cannot dismount the tape, then the tape will be rewound only.
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LEAVE
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positions the tape at the end of the file
that was just processed. Use FILECLOSE=LEAVE if you are not repeatedly accessing
the same files in a SAS program, but you are accessing one or more subsequent
SAS files on the same tape.
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REREAD
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positions the tape volume at the beginning
of the file that was just processed. Use FILECLOSE=REREAD if you are accessing
the same SAS data set on tape several times in a SAS program.
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REWIND
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rewinds the tape volume to the beginning.
Use FILECLOSE=REWIND if you are accessing one or more previous SAS files on
the same tape, but you are not repeatedly accessing the same files in a SAS
program.
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