FILECLOSE= Data Set Option
Specifies how a tape is positioned when a SAS data
set is closed.
| Valid in: |
DATA step and PROC steps |
| Category: |
Miscellaneous |
| Restriction: |
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| See: |
FILECLOSE= Data Set Option under in the documentation
UNIX operating environment.
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| CAUTION: |
The option
values are not recognized by all operating environments.
Additional values are
available on some operating environments. See the appropriate sections
of the SAS documentation for your operating environment for more information
about using SAS libraries that are stored on tape.
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Syntax
FILECLOSE=DISP | LEAVE | REREAD |
REWIND
Syntax Description
- DISP
-
positions the tape
volume according to the disposition specified in the operating environment's
control language.
- LEAVE
-
positions the tape
at the end of the file that was just processed. Use FILECLOSE=LEAVE
if you are not repeatedly accessing the same files in a SAS program
but you are accessing one or more subsequent SAS files on the same
tape.
- REREAD
-
positions the tape
volume at the beginning of the file that was just processed. Use FILECLOSE=REREAD
if you are accessing the same SAS data set on tape several times in
a SAS program.
- REWIND
-
rewinds the tape volume
to the beginning. Use FILECLOSE=REWIND if you are accessing one or
more previous SAS files on the same tape, but you are not repeatedly
accessing the same files in a SAS program.