VERBOSE System Option: UNIX

Specifies whether SAS writes the system option settings to the SAS log.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category: Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= LOGCONTROL
Default: NOVERBOSE
UNIX specifics: all
Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

–VERBOSE | –NOVERBOSE

Required Arguments

-VERBOSE
writes the settings of SAS system options from the configuration file, the SAS command, and the SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable to the SAS log. For the CONFIG option, VERBOSE lists the names of the configuration files.
-NOVERBOSE
does not write the settings of the system options to the SAS log.

Details

In previous releases of SAS, the output from the VERBOSE system option appeared as a simple list of options and their values. The list appeared in the window where SAS was invoked. Pressing the ENTER key advanced the list one line at a time. Pressing the space bar advanced the list page by page. Pressing the Q key displayed the entire list, and brought you back to the prompt.
For 9.3, the list of system options and their values is still created. In addition, SAS creates a list that identifies where the options were set. This list is written to a journal file, and then it is written to the SAS log. The advantage of writing to a global journal file is that if SAS fails to initialize, output is still available, even though a SAS log was not created.

See Also

System Options:
OPLIST System Option: UNIX
Other References:
Customizing Your SAS Session by Using System Options
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