NEWS System Option: UNIX

Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category: Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES, LOGCONTROL
Default: !SASROOT/misc/base/news (set in the installed !SASROOT/sasv9/cfg file)
UNIX specifics: -NONEWS option
See: NEWS= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

-NEWS file-specification | -NONEWS

Required Arguments

-NEWS file-specification
specifies an external file. This file contains the messages for the SAS log.
-NONEWS
specifies that the contents of the NEWS file are not displayed in the SAS log, even if the file exists. This option causes any previous NEWS specifications to be ignored.

Details

The contents of the NEWS file are displayed in the SAS log immediately after the SAS header.

See Also

The SAS Log in SAS Language Reference: Concepts
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