Summary of All SAS System Options in UNIX Environments

The following table lists every SAS system option available under UNIX. Many of these options have no host-specific behavior and are described in SAS System Options: Reference. If an option is available only under UNIX, it is described in this documentation. If an option is available under all environments, but has some environment-specific behavior, it is described in SAS System Options: Reference and this documentation. Use the following legend to know how to locate more information about an option:

Access

SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference

Comp

indicates that the option is completely described in this section

Conn

SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

SAS Data Quality Server Reference

DST

Encryption in SAS

ARM

SAS Interface to Application Response Measurement (ARM): Reference

SOR

SAS System Options: Reference

Macro

SAS Macro Language: Reference

NLS

SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide

SAS/SHARE

SAS/SHARE User's Guide

SPD Engine

SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference

Web

indicates that the option is described in documentation on the SAS Technical Support Web site.

The table also shows the default value for each option and where you can specify the option:

at initialization: in the SAS command, in the SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable, or in the configuration file
in the OPTIONS statement
in the System Options window

Summary of All SAS System Options

		Can Be Specified In
Name	Default	SAS Invocation, SASV9_ OPTIONS, Config File	OPTIONS Statement	SAS Sys Opts Win- dow	See
ALTLOG	NOALTLOG	X			Comp
ALTPRINT	NOALTPRINT	X			Comp
APPEND	none	X	X		Comp/SOR
APPLETLOC	none	X	X	X	SOR
ARMAGENT	none	X	X	X	ARM
ARMLOC	ARMLOC.LOG	X	X	X	ARM
ARMSUBSYS	ARM_NONE	X	X	X	ARM
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN	NULL	X			SOR/Comp
AUTOEXEC	see description	X			Comp
AUTOSAVELOC	none	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
AUTOSIGNON	NOAUTOSIGNON	X	X	X	Conn
BINDING	DEFAULT	X	X	X	SOR
BLKSIZE	256	X	X	X	SOR
BOTTOMMARGIN	0.000	X	X	X	SOR
BUFNO	1	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
BUFSIZE	0	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
BYERR	BYERR	X	X	X	SOR
BYLINE	BYLINE	X	X	X	SOR
BYSORTED	BYSORTED	X			SOR
CAPS	NOCAPS	X	X	X	SOR
CARDIMAGE	NOCARDIMAGE	X	X	X	SOR
CATCACHE	0	X			Comp/SOR
CBUFNO	0	X	X	X	SOR
CENTER	CENTER	X	X	X	SOR
CGOPTIMIZE		X	X	X	SOR
CHARCODE	NOCHARCODE	X	X	X	SOR
CLEANUP	see description	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
CMDMAC	NOCMDMAC	X	X	X	Macro
CMPLIB	none	X	X	X	SOR
CMPMODEL	BOTH	X	X	X	SOR
CMPOPT	ALL	X	X		SOR
COLLATE	NOCOLLATE	X	X	X	SOR
COLORPRINTING	COLORPRINTING	X	X	X	SOR
COMAMID	TCP/IP	X	X	X	Conn/Share
COMAUX1	none	X			Share
COMPRESS	NO	X	X	X	SOR/SPDE
CONFIG	see description	X (also SASV9_ CONFIG environment variable)			Comp
CONNECTPERSIST	CONNECTPERSIST	X	X	X	Conn
CONNECTREMOTE	none	X	X	X	Conn
CONNECTSTATUS	CONNECTSTATUS	X	X	X	Conn
CONNECTWAIT	CONNECTWAIT	X	X	X	Conn
COPIES	1	X	X	X	SOR
CPUCOUNT	1-1024 or ACTUAL	X	X	X	SOR
CPUID	CPUID	X			SOR
DATASTMTCHK	COREKEYWORDS	X	X	X	SOR
DATE	DATE	X	X	X	SOR
DATESTYLE	MDY	X	X	X	SOR
DBCS	NODBCS	X			NLS
DBCSLANG	none	X			NLS
DBCSTYPE	see description	X			NLS
DBSLICEPARM	(THREADED_APPS, 2)	X	X	X	Access
DBSRVTP	NONE	X			Access
DEFLATION	6	X	X	X	SOR
DETAILS	NODETAILS	X	X	X	SOR
DEVICE	none	X (also, SASV9_ OPTIONS environment variable, GOPTIONS statement)	X	X	Comp/SOR
DFLANG	ENGLISH	X	X	X	NLS
DKRICOND	ERROR	X	X	X	SOR
DKROCOND	WARN	X	X	X	SOR
DLCREATEDIR	NODLCREATEDIR	X	X	X	SOR
DLDMGACTION	REPAIR	X	X	X	SOR
DMR	NODMR	X			SOR/Conn
DMS	DMS	X			SOR
DMSEXP	DMSEXP	X			SOR
DMSLOGSIZE	99999	X			SOR
DMSOUTSIZE	99999	X			SOR
DMSPGMLINESIZE	136	X			SOR
DMSSYNCHK	NODMSSYNCHK	X	X	X	SOR
DQLOCALE	none	X	X	X	DQ
DQSETUPLOC	none	X	X	X	DQ
DSNFERR	DSNFERR	X	X	X	SOR
DTRESET	NODTRESET	X	X	X	SOR
DUPLEX	NODUPLEX	X	X	X	SOR
ECHO	none	X			Comp
ECHOAUTO	NOECHOAUTO	X			SOR
EDITCMD	none	X	X		Comp
EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL	none	X	X	X	SOR
EMAILFROM	none	X	X	X	SOR
EMAILHOST	LOCALHOST	X			SOR
EMAILID	none	X	X	X	SOR
EMAILPORT	25	X	X	X	SOR
EMAILPW	none	X	X	X	SOR
EMAILSYS	SMTP	X (except SASV9_ OPTIONS environment variable)	X	X	Comp
ENCODING	LATIN1	X			NLS
ENGINE	V9	X			Comp/SOR
ERRORABEND	NOERRORABEND	X	X	X	SOR
ERRORBYABEND	NOERRORBYABEND	X	X	X	SOR
ERRORCHECK	NORMAL	X	X	X	SOR
ERRORS	20	X	X	X	SOR
EXPLORER	NOEXPLORER	X			SOR
FILELOCKS	FAIL	X	X	X	Comp
FILELOCKWAITMAX	600	X			Comp
FILESYNC	HOST	X			SOR
FIRSTOBS	1	X	X	X	SOR
FMTERR	FMTERR	X	X	X	SOR
FMTSEARCH	WORK LIBRARY	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
FONTEMBEDDING	FONTEMBEDDING	X	X	X	SOR
FONTRENDERING	FREETYPE_POINTS	X	X	X	SOR
FONTSLOC	!SASROOT/misc/fonts	X			Comp/SOR
FORMCHAR	`\|----\|+\|---+=\| -/\<>*`	X	X	X	SOR
FORMDLIM	none	X	X	X	SOR
FORMS	DEFAULT	X	X	X	SOR
FSDBTYPE	DEFAULT	X			NLS
FSIMM	none	X			NLS
FSIMMOPT	none	X			NLS
FULLSTIMER	NOFULLSTIMER	X	X		Comp
GSTYLE	GSTYLE	X	X	X	SOR
GWINDOW	GWINDOW	X	X	X	SOR
HELPBROWSER	REMOTE	X	X	X	SOR
HELPENCMD	X (except SASV9_OPTIONS)				SOR
HELPHOST	null	X	X	X	Comp, SOR
HELPINDEX	/help/common.hlp/index.txt /help/common.hlp/keywords.htm common.hhk	X			Comp
HELPLOC	!SASROOT/X11/native_help/en	X			Comp
HELPPORT	0	X	X	X	SOR
HELPTOC	/help/helpnav.help/config.txt /help/common.hlp /toc.htm, common.hhc	X			Comp
HTTPSERVERPORTMAX		X	X		SOR
HTTPSERVERPORTMIN		X	X		SOR
IBUFNO	0	X	X	X	SOR
IBUFSIZE	0	X	X	X	SOR
IMPLMAC	NOIMPLMAC	X	X	X	Macro
INITCMD	none	X			SOR
INITSTMT	none	X			SOR
INSERT	none		X	X	Comp/SOR
INTERVALDS	none	X	X	X	SOR
INVALIDDATA	.	X	X	X	SOR
JPEGQUALITY	75	X	X	X	SOR
JREOPTIONS	none	X			Comp
LABEL	LABEL	X	X	X	SOR
_LAST_	_NULL_	X	X	X	SOR
LEFTMARGIN	0	X	X	X	SOR
LINESIZE	see description	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
LOCALE	ENGLISH_UNITEDSTATES	X	X	X	NLS
LOG	see description	X			Comp
LOGPARM	none	X			SOR
LPTYPE	none	X	X		Comp
LRECL	256	X	X	X	SOR
MACRO	MACRO	X			Macro
MAPS	!SASROOT/maps	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
MAUTOLOCDISPLAY	NOMAUTOLOCDISPLAY	X	X	X	Macro
MAUTOSOURCE	MAUTOSOURCE	X	X	X	Macro
MAXMEMQUERY	256M	X	X		Comp
MAXSEGRATIO	75	X	X	X	SPDE
MCOMPILENOTE	NONE	X	X	X	Macro
MEMSIZE	!SASROOT/sasv9.cfg	X			Comp
MERGENOBY	NOWARN	X	X	X	SOR
MERROR	MERROR	X	X	X	Macro
MEXECNOTE	NOMEXECNOTE	X	X	X	Macro
MEXECSIZE	65536	X	X	X	Macro
MFILE	NOMFILE	X	X	X	Macro
MINDELIMITER	none	X	X	X	Macro
MINPARTSIZE	16M	X			SPDE
MISSING	.	X	X	X	SOR
MLOGIC	NOMLOGIC	X	X	X	Macro
MLOGICNEST	NOMLOGICNEST	X	X	X	Macro
MPRINT	NOMPRINT	X	X	X	Macro
MPRINTNEST	NOMPRINTNEST	X	X	X	Macro
MRECALL	NOMRECALL	X	X	X	Macro
MSG	!SASROOT/sasmsg	X			Comp
MSGCASE	NOMSGCASE	X			Comp
MSGLEVEL	N	X	X	X	SOR
MSTORED	NOMSTORED	X	X	X	Macro
MSYMTABMAX	4M	X	X	X	Comp/Macro
MULTENVAPPLE	NOMULTENVAPPLE	X	X		SOR
MVARSIZE	32K	X	X	X	Comp/Macro
NETENCRYPT	NONETENCRYPT	X	X	X	DST
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM	none	X	X	X	DST
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN	0	X	X	X	DST
NEWS	!SASROOT/misc/base/news	X			Comp/SOR
NLSCOMPATMODE	NONLSCOMPATMODE	X			NLS
NOTES	NOTES	X	X	X	SOR
NUMBER	NUMBER	X	X	X	SOR
OBS	MAX	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
OPLIST	NOOPLIST	X			Comp
ORIENTATION	PORTRAIT	X	X	X	SOR
OVP	NOOVP	X	X	X	SOR
PAGEBREAKINITIAL	NOPAGEBREAKINITIAL	X			SOR
PAGENO	1	X	X	X	SOR
PAGESIZE	see description	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
PAPERDEST	none	X	X	X	SOR
PAPERSIZE	LETTER	X	X	X	SOR
PAPERSOURCE	none	X	X	X	SOR
PAPERTYPE	PLAIN	X	X	X	SOR
PARM	none	X	X	X	SOR
PARMCARDS	FT15F001	X	X	X	SOR
PATH	!SASROOT/sasexe	X			Comp
PDFACCESS	none	X	X	X	SOR
PDFASSEMBLY	NOPDFASSEMBLY	X	X	X	SOR
PDFCOMMENT	NOPDFCOMMENT	X	X	X	SOR
PDFCONTENT	none	X	X	X	SOR
PDFCOPY	PDFCOPY	X	X	X	SOR
PDFFILLIN	none	X	X	X	SOR
PDFPAGELAYOUT	DEFAULT	X	X	X	SOR
PDFPAGEVIEW	DEFAULT	X	X	X	SOR
PDFPASSWORD		X	X		SOR
PDFPRINT	HRES	X	X	X	SOR
PDFSECURITY	NONE	X	X	X	SOR
PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN	none	X (except SASV9_ OPTIONS)			Comp/SOR
PRINT	see description	X			Comp
PRINTCMD	none	X	X		Comp
PRINTERPATH	PostScript Level 1	X			SOR
PRINTINIT	NOPRINTINIT	X			SOR
PRINTMSGLIST	PRINTMSGLIST	X	X	X	SOR
QUOTELENMAX	QUOTELENMAX	X	X	X	SOR
REALMEMSIZE	0	X			Comp
REPLACE	REPLACE	X	X	X	SOR
REUSE	NO	X	X	X	SOR
RIGHTMARGIN	0.000	X	X	X	SOR
RLANG¹	none	X			SOR
RSASUSER	NORSASUSER	X			Comp/SOR
RTRACE	none	X			Comp
RTRACELOC	none	X			Comp
S	none	X	X	X	SOR
S2	none	X	X	X	SOR
S2V	S2	X	X	X	SOR
SASAUTOS	SASAUTOS fileref	X	X	X	Comp/Macro
SASCMD	none	X	X	X	Conn
SASFRSCR	none	Valid in SAS Component Language			Conn
SASHELP	!SASROOT/sashelp	X			Comp/SOR
SASMSTORE	none	X	X	X	Macro
SASSCRIPT	!SASROOT/misc/connect	X	X	X	Comp/Conn
SASUSER	sasuser ~/sasuser.v93 (config file)	X			Comp/SOR
SEQ	8	X	X	X	SOR
SERROR	SERROR	X	X	X	Macro
SET	none	X	X		Comp
SETINIT	NOSETINIT	X			SOR
SHARESESSIONCNTL	SERVER	X	X	X	Share
SIGNONWAIT	SIGNONWAIT	X	X	X	Conn
SKIP	0	X	X	X	SOR
SOLUTIONS	SOLUTIONS	X			SOR
SORTANOM	none	X	X		Comp
SORTCUT	0	X	X		Comp
SORTCUTP	0	X	X		Comp
SORTDEV	see description	X	X		Comp
SORTDUP	PHYSICAL	X	X	X	SOR
SORTEQUALS	SORTEQUALS	X	X	X	SOR
SORTNAME	none	X	X		Comp
SORTPARM	none	X	X		Comp
SORTPGM	BEST	X	X		Comp
SORTSEQ	none	X	X	X	NLS
SORTSIZE	value of MAX	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
SORTVALIDATE	NOSORTVALIDATE	X	X	X	SOR
SOURCE	SOURCE	X	X	X	SOR
SOURCE2	NOSOURCE2	X	X	X	SOR
SPDEINDEXSORTSIZE	32M	X	X	X	SPDE
SPDEMAXTHREADS	0	X			SPDE
SPDESORTSIZE	32M	X	X	X	SPDE
SPDEUTILLOC	none	X			SPDE
SPDEWHEVAL	COST	X			SPDE
SPOOL	NOSPOOL	X	X	X	SOR
SQLCONSTDATETIME	none	X	X	X	SOR
SQLMAPPUTTO	SAS_PUT	X (except SASV9_ OPTIONS)	X	X	Access
SQLREDUCEPUT	DBMS	X	X	X	SOR
SQLREDUCEPUTOBS	0	X	X	X	SOR
SQLREDUCEPUTVALUES	0	X	X	X	SOR
SQLREMERGE	none	X	X	X	SOR
SQLUNDOPOLICY	REQUIRED	X	X		SOR
SSLCALISTLOC	none	X	X	X	DST
SSLCERTLOC	none	X	X	X	DST
SSLCLIENTAUTH	NOSSLCLIENTAUTH	X	X	X	DST
SSLCRLCHECK	NOSSLCRLCHECK	X	X	X	DST
SSLCRLLOC	none	X	X	X	DST
SSLPVTKEYLOC	none	X	X	X	DST
SSLPVTKEYPASS	none	X	X	X	DST
STARTLIB	STARTLIB	X			SOR
STDIO	NOSTDIO	X			Comp
STEPCHKPT	NOSTEPCHKPT	X			SOR
STEPCHKPTLIB	WORK	X			SOR
STEPRESTART	none	X			SOR
STIMEFMT	NLDATM2. HMS TIMEAMPM KB MEMFULL TSFULL NC	X	X		Comp
STIMER	STIMER	X	X		Comp
SUMSIZE	0	X	X	X	SOR
SVGCONTROLBUTTONS	NOSVGCONTROLBUTTONS	X	X	X	SOR
SVGHEIGHT	none	X	X	X	SOR
SVGPRESERVEASPECTRATIO	none	X	X	X	SOR
SVGTITLE	none	X	X	X	SOR
SVGVIEWBOX	none	X	X	X	SOR
SVGWIDTH	none	X	X	X	SOR
SVGX	none	X	X	X	SOR
SVGY	none	X	X	X	SOR
SYMBOLGEN	NOSYMBOLGEN	X	X	X	Macro
SYNTAXCHECK	SYNTAXCHECK	X	X	X	SOR
SYSIN	none	X			Comp
SYSPARM	none	X	X	X	Macro
SYSPRINT	default system printer	X	X		Comp
SYSPRINTFONT	none	X	X	X	SOR
TBUFSIZE	0	X	X	X	Conn/Share
TCPPORTFIRST	0	SAS invocation on the remote host			Conn
TCPPORTLAST	0	SAS invocation on the remote host			Conn
TERMINAL	TERMINAL	X			SOR
TERMSTMT	none	X			SOR
TEXTURELOC	!SASROOT/misc/textures	X	X	X	SOR
THREADS	THREADS	X	X	X	SOR
TOOLSMENU	TOOLSMENU	X			SOR
TOPMARGIN	0.000	X	X	X	SOR
TRAINLOC	none	X			SOR
TRANTAB	none	X	X	X	NLS
UPRINTCOMPRESSION	UPRINTCOMPRESSION	X	X	X	SOR
UNIVERSALPRINT	UNIVERSALPRINT	X			SOR
USER	none	X	X	X	Comp/SOR
UTILLOC	WORK	X			SOR
UUIDCOUNT	100	X	X	X	SOR
UUIDGENDHOST	none	X			SOR
V6CREATEUPDATE	NOTE	X			SOR
VALIDFMTNAME	LONG	X	X	X	SOR
VALIDVARNAME	V7	X	X	X	SOR
VARLENCHR		X	X	X	SOR
VERBOSE	NOVERBOSE	X			Comp
VIEWMENU	VIEWMENU	X			SOR
VNFERR	VNFERR	X	X	X	SOR
WORK	see description	X			Comp/SOR
WORKINIT	WORKINIT	X			Comp/SOR
WORKPERMS	700	X			Comp
WORKTERM	WORKTERM	X	X	X	SOR
YEARCUTOFF	1920	X	X	X	SOR

¹ For 9.3, RLANG is available on Linux only.