PRINT System Option: UNIX

Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category: Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES
Default: the SAS output from a batch SAS program is written to a file in the current directory with the same filename as the SAS source file, with an extension of .lst
UNIX specifics: all
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

-PRINT file-specification | -NOPRINT

Required Arguments

-PRINT file-specification
specifies the location for the SAS procedure output file. The file-specification can be any valid UNIX path to a directory, a filename, or an environment variable that is associated with a path. If you specify only the path to a directory, the procedure output file is created in the specified directory. The default name for this file is filename.lst, where filename is the name of your SAS job.
-NOPRINT
suppresses the creation of the SAS procedure output file.

Details

The PRINT system option specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode. The PRINT system option is valid in batch mode; it is ignored in interactive modes.

See Also

Using SAS System Options to Route Output
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