Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.
| Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation |
| Category: | Environment Control: Files |
| PROC OPTIONS GROUP= | ENVFILES |
| Default: | none |
| Windows specifics: | Valid values for file-specification |
| See: | NEWS= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference |
specifies an external file. The value for file-specification can be a valid Windows pathname or shortcut name. If the pathname contains spaces, you must enclose the pathname in quotation marks.