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:
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
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