SAS System Options under Windows

MEMLIB System Option: Windows

Specifies to process the Work library as a memory-based library.

Default:	NOMEMLIB
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Files: SAS Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SASFILES
Windows specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

-MEMLIB | -NOMEMLIB

MEMLIB: specifies to use memory for the Work libraries.
NOMEMLIB: specifies not to use memory.

Details

When the MEMLIB system option is specified, the Work library is processed in memory. Files are kept in memory until SAS is terminated or the files are deleted. You can monitor memory usage by using the performance tools.