System Options under OpenVMS |
Specifies when to create a process dump file.
Default: |
none
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Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, SAS System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL
symbol
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Category: |
Environment control: Error handling
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PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
ERRORHANDLING
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OpenVMS specifics: |
all
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DUMP
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tells SAS to create a process dump file.
This form of the option can take the following values:
-
END_PROC
-
causes the next procedure that runs to completion
to signal a fatal error. If SET PROCESS/DUMP has
been turned on, this forces a file to be created on a disk that can later
be analyzed with the ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP utility.
DUMP=END_PROC is used to gather information
for debugging at any point throughout the execution of a SAS job.
-
FATAL
-
tells SAS to resignal any fatal errors that
it encounters. If SET PROCESS/DUMP has
been turned on, this forces a file to be created on a disk that can later
be analyzed with the ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP utility.
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NODUMP
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tells SAS not to perform any dump activity.
- CAUTION:
- Never use the DUMP=
system option unless you are advised to do so by SAS Technical Support.
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The DUMP= system option is used for debugging purposes
only. You use it with the DCL command SET PROCESS/DUMP to
write the contents of the address space to a file on disk when SAS terminates
due to a fatal error. To create a dump file, type the following DCL command
at the DCL prompt before you run your SAS job:
$ SET PROCESS/DUMP
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