SAS System Options

ECHOAUTO System Option

Specifies whether the statements in the autoexec file are written to the SAS log as they are executed.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LOGCONTROL

Syntax

ECHOAUTO | NOECHOAUTO

ECHOAUTO

specifies that the SAS statements in the autoexec file are written to the SAS log as they are executed.

Requirement:

To print autoexec file statements in the SAS log, the SOURCE system option must be set.

NOECHOAUTO

specifies that SAS statements in the autoexec file are not written in the SAS log, even though they are executed.

Regardless of the setting of this option, messages that result from errors in the autoexec files are printed in the SAS log.