XCMD System Option: UNIX

Specifies whether the X command is valid in the SAS session.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category: Environment control: Display
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVDISPLAY
Default: XCMD
UNIX specifics: all
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

-XCMD | -NOXCMD

Required Arguments

-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, or 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

See Also

CALL Routines:
CALL SYSTEM Routine: UNIX
Commands:
X Command: UNIX
Macros:
%SYSEXEC
Statements:
FILENAME Statement: UNIX
Other References:
Executing Operating System Commands from Your SAS Session
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