System Options under UNIX

XCMD System Option: UNIX

Specifies whether the X command is valid in the SAS session.

Default:	XCMD
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category:	Environment control: Display
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVDISPLAY
UNIX specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

-XCMD | -NOXCMD

-XCMD: specifies that the X command is valid in the current SAS session.
-NOXCMD: specifies that the X command is not valid in the current SAS session.

Details

The XCMD system option specifies whether the X command is valid in the current SAS session.

You cannot use several SAS statements, objects, and facilities if you use the NOXCMD system option. Examples of these statements, objects, and facilities include the following:

the PIPE device type in the FILENAME statement
the CALL SYSTEM routine
the %SYSEXEC macro
any facility that SAS uses to execute a shell-level command