LPTYPE System Option: UNIX

Specifies which UNIX command and options settings will be used to route files to the printer.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category:	Log and procedure output control: Procedure output
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LISTCONTROL
Default:	none
UNIX specifics:	all

Syntax

-LPTYPE BSD | SYSV

LPTYPE=BSD | SYSV

-LPTYPE BSD: causes SAS to use the lpr command to send files to the printer. The lpr command is usually supported on UNIX operating systems, such as HP-UX, that were developed at the University of California, Berkeley.

-LPTYPE SYSV: causes SAS to use the lp command to send files to the printer. The lp command is usually supported on operating systems derived from UNIX System V, such as Solaris.

The LPTYPE option determines whether SAS is to use the lpr or the lp UNIX command to print files.

If you do not know whether to specify BSD or SYSV, check with your system administrator.

By default, SAS uses the lpr command if your operating system is derived from Berkeley's version. Otherwise, it uses the lp command.