Summary of all SAS System Options in UNIX Environments

The following table lists every SAS system option available under UNIX. Many of these options have no host-specific behavior and are described in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary . If an option is available only under UNIX, it is described in this documentation. If an option is available under all environments but has some environment-specific behavior, it is described in both SAS Language Reference: Dictionary and this documentation. Use the following legend to see where to find more information on an option.

Access	indicates that the option is described in the SAS/ACCESS section of the SAS Help and Documentation.
Comp	indicates that the option is described in this section.
Connect	indicates that the option is described in SAS/CONNECT User's Guide .
DQ	indicates that the option is described in SAS Data Quality Server: Reference .
IT	indicates that the option is described in the documentation for SAS Integration Technologies, either with the SAS Integration Technologies software or on the SAS Web site.
LR	indicates that the option is described in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary .
Macro	indicates that the option is described in SAS Macro Language: Reference .
Methods	indicates that the option is described in Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE .
NLS	indicates that the option is described in SAS National Language Support (NLS): User's Guide .
Share	indicates that the option is described in SAS/SHARE User's Guide .
SPDE	indicates that the option is described in SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference .

The table also shows the default value for each option and where you can specify the option:

• at initialization: in the SAS command, in the SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable, or in the configuration file

• in the OPTIONS statement

• in the System Options window.

Table 17.3: Summary of All SAS System Options

		Can Be Specified In
Name	Default	SAS Invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS, Configuration File	OPTIONS Statement	System Options Window	See
ALTLOG	no copy	X			Comp
ALTPRINT	no copy	X			Comp
APPLETLOC	!SASROOT/misc/applets	X			LR
ARMAGENT	sasarmmg	X	X	X	LR
ARMLOC	none	X	X	X	LR
ARMSUBSYS	ARM_NONE	X	X	X	LR
ASYNCHIO	see LR	X			LR
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN	NULL	X			LR
AUTOEXEC	see description	X			Comp
AUTOSAVELOC	none	X	X	X	Comp
AUTOSIGNON	NOAUTOSIGNON	X	X	X	Connect
BATCH	NOBATCH	X			Comp/LR
BINDING	DEFAULT	X	X	X	LR
BLKSIZE	256	X	X	X	Comp
BOTTOMMARGIN		X	X	X	LR
BUFNO	1	X	X	X	Comp/LR
BUFSIZE		X	X	X	Comp/LR
BYERR	BYERR	X	X	X	LR
BYLINE	BYLINE	X	X	X	LR
BYSORTED	BYSORTED	X			LR
CAPS	NOCAPS	X	X	X	LR
CARDIMAGE	NOCARDIMAGE	X	X	X	LR
CATCACHE		X			Comp/LR
CBUFNO					LR
CENTER	CENTER	X	X	X	LR
CHARCODE	NOCHARCODE	X	X	X	LR
CLEANUP	see description	X	X	X	Comp/LR
CMDMAC	NOCMDMAC	X	X	X	Macro
CMPLIB	NULL	X	X	X	LR
CMPOPT	none	X	X	LR
COLLATE	NOCOLLATE	X	X	X	LR
COLORPRINTINT	COLORPRINTINT	X	X	X	LR
COMAMID	TCP	X			Connect/Share/Methods
COMAUX1	X				Methods
COMAUX2	X				Methods
COMPRESS	NO	X	X	X	LR
CONFIG	see description	X (also SASV9_CONFIG environment variable)			Comp
CONNECTPERSIST	YES	X			Connect
CONNECTREMOTE	none	X	X	X	Connect
CONNECTSTATUS	X	X	X	X	Connect
CONNECTWAIT	X	X	X	X	Connect
COPIES	1	X	X	X	LR
CPUCOUNT	8	X	X	X	LR
CPUID	CPUID	X			LR
DATASTMTCHK	COREKEYWORDS	X	X	X	LR
DATE	DATE	X	X	X	LR
DATESTYLE	MDY	X	X	X	LR
DBCS	NODBCS	X			NLS
DBCSLANG	see description	X			NLS
DBCSTYPE	see description	X			NLS
DBSLICEPARM	(THREADED_APPS, 2)	X	X	X	LR
DBSRVTP	NONE	X			Access
DETAILS	NODETAILS	X	X	X	LR
DEVICE	none	X	X	X	Comp/LR
DFLANG	ENGLISH	X	X	X	NLS
DKRICOND	ERROR	X	X	X	LR
DKROCOND	WARN	X	X	X	LR
DLDMGACTION	REPAIR	X	X	X	LR
DMR	NODMR	X			Connect
DMS	DMS	X			LR
DMSEXP	NODMSEXP	X			LR
DMSLOGSIZE	99999	X			LR
DMSOUTSIZE	99999	X			LR
DMSYNCHK	NODMSSYNCHK	X	X	X	LR
DQLOCALE	NULL	X	X	X	DQ
DQSETUPLOC	NULL	X	X	X	DQ
DSNFERR	DSNFERR	X	X	X	LR
DTRESET	NODTRESET	X	X	X	LR
DUPLEX	NODUPLEX	X	X	X	LR
ECHO	none	X			Comp
ECHOAUTO	NOECHOAUTO	X			LR
EDITCMD	none	X	X		Comp
EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL	LOGIN	X			LR
EMAILHOST	localhost	X			LR
EMAILID	none	X			LR
EMAILPORT	25	X			LR
EMAILPW	NULL	X			LR
EMAILSYS	SMTP	X (except SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable)			Comp
ENCODING	latin1	X			NLS
ENGINE	V9	X			Comp/LR
ERRORABEND	NOERRORABEND	X	X	X	LR
ERRORBYABEND	NOERRORBYABEND	X	X	X	LR
ERRORCHECK	NORMAL	X			LR
ERRORS	20	X	X	X	LR
EXPLORER	NOEXPLORER	X			LR
FILELOCKS	FAIL	X			Comp
FIRSTOBS	1	X	X	X	LR
FMTERR	FMTERR	X	X	X	LR
FMTSEARCH	WORK library	X	X	X	LR
FSDBTYPE	none	X			NLS
FORMCHAR	----+---+= -/\<>*	X	X	X	LR
FORMDLIM	none	X	X	X	LR
FORMS	DEFAULT	X	X	X	LR
FONTSLOC	!SASROOT/misc/font	X			Comp/LR
FSIMM	none	X			NLS
FSIMMOPT	none	X			NLS
FULLSTIMER	NOFULLSTIMER	X	X		Comp
GISMAPS	see description				LR
GWINDOW	GWINDOW	X	X	X	LR
HELPADDR	NULL	X	X	X	Web
HELPBROWSER	SAS	X	X	X	Web
HELPENCMD	none	X			LR
HELPHOST	NULL	X	X	X	Web
HELPINDEX	/help/common.hlp/index.txt, /help/common.hlp/keywords.htm, common.hhk	X			Comp/LR
HELPLOC	!SASROOT/X11/native_help	X			Comp/LR
HELPPORT		X	X	X	Web
HELPTOC	/help/common.hlp/contents.txt, / help/common.hlp/toc.htm, common.hhc	X			Comp/LR
IBUFSIZE		X	X	X	LR
IMPLMAC	NOIMPLMAC	X	X	X	Macro
INITCMD	none	X			LR
INITSTMT	none	X			LR
INVALIDDATA	.	X	X	X	LR
JREOPTIONS	none	X			Comp
LABEL	LABEL	X	X	X	LR
_LAST_	_NULL_	X	X	X	LR
LEFTMARGIN		X	X	X	LR
LINESIZE	see description	X	X	X	Comp/LR
LOADMEMSIZE		X			Comp
LOCALE	English	X	X	X	NLS
LOG	see description	X			Comp
LOGPARM	none	X			LR
LPTYPE	see description	X	X		Comp
MACRO	MACRO	X			Macro
MAPS	!SASROOT/maps	X	X	X	LR/Comp
MAUTOLOCDISPLAY	NOMAUTO-LOCDISPLAY	X	X	X	Macro
MAUTOSOURCE	MAUTOSOURCE	X	X	X	Macro
MAXMEMQUERY	6M	X			Comp
MAXSEGRATIO	75	X	X	X	SPDE
MCOMPILENOTE	NONE	X	X	X	Macro
MERGENOBY	NOWARN	X	X	X	LR
MERROR	MERROR	X	X	X	Macro
MEMSIZE	value set in !SASROOT/sasv9.cfg	X			Comp
METAAUTORESOURCES	NULL	X			LR
METACONNECT	NULL	X	X	X	LR
METAENCRYPTALG	NONE	X			LR
METAENCRYPTLEVEL	EVERYTHING	X			LR
METAID	none	X			LR
METAPASS	none	X	X	X	LR
METAPORT		X	X	X	LR
METAPROFILE	NULL	X			LR
METAPROTOCOL	BRIDGE	X	X	X	LR
METAREPOSITORY	DEFAULT	X			LR
METASERVER	none	X	X	X	LR
METAUSER	none	X	X	X	LR
MINDELIMITER	NULL	X	X	X	Macro
MFILE	NOMFILE	X	X	X	Macro
MINPARTSIZE		X			SPDE
MISSING	.	X	X	X	LR
MLOGIC	NOMLOGIC	X	X	X	Macro
MLOGICNEST	NOMLOGICNEST	X	X	X	Macro
MPRINT	NOMPRINT	X	X	X	Macro
MPRINTNEST	NOMPRINTNEST	X	X	X	Macro
MRECALL	NOMRECALL	X	X	X	Macro
MSG	!SASROOT/sasmsg	X			Comp
MSGCASE	NOMSGCASE	X			LR
MSGLEVEL	N	X	X	X	LR
MSTORED	NOMSTORED	X	X	X	Macro
MSYMTABMAX	4M	X	X	X	Comp/Macro
MULTENVAPPLE	NOMULTENVAPPLE	X	X		LR
MVARSIZE	32K	X	X	X	Comp/Macro
NETENCRYPT	NONETENCRYPT	X	X	X	Connect
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM	none	X	X	X	Connect
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN		X	X	X	Connect
NETMAC	NETMAC	X	X	X	Connect
NEWS	!SASROOT/misc/base/news	X			Comp/LR
NLSCOMPATMODE	NONLSCOMPATMODE	X			NLS
NOTES	NOTES	X	X	X	LR
NUMBER	NUMBER	X	X	X	LR
OBJECTSERVER	NOOBJECTSERVER	X			LR
OBS	MAX	X	X	X	Comp/LR
OPLIST	NOOPLIST	X			Comp
ORIENTATION	PORTRAIT	X	X	X	LR
OVP	NOOVP	X	X	X	LR
PAGEBREAK	NOPAGEBREAK	X			LR
INITIAL	INITIAL
PAGENO	1	X	X	X	LR
PAGESIZE	see description	X	X	X	Comp/LR
PAPERDEST	none	X	X	X	LR
PAPERSIZE	LETTER	X	X	X	LR
PAPERSOURCE	none	X	X	X	LR
PAPERTYPE	PLAIN	X	X	X	LR
PARM	none	X	X	X	LR
PARMCARDS	FT15F001	X	X	X	LR
PATH	!SASROOT/sasexe	X			Comp
PRINT	see description	X			Comp
PRINTCMD	none	X	X		Comp
PRINTERPATH	none	X (Available on MIPS ABI and Intel ABI only)			LR
PRINTINIT	NOPRINTINIT	X			LR
PRINTMSGLIST	PRINTMSGLIST	X	X	X	LR
PRODTOC	NULL	X			Web
QUOTELENMAX	QUOTELENMAX	X	X	X	LR
REALMEMSIZE		X			COMP
REPLACE	REPLACE	X	X	X	LR
REUSE	NO	X	X	X	LR
RIGHTMARGIN		X	X	X	LR
RSASUSER	NORSASUSER	X			Comp/LR
RTRACE	none	X			Comp
RTRACELOC	none	X			Comp
S		X	X	X	Comp/LR
S2		X	X	X	Comp/LR
SASAUTOS	SASAUTOS fileref	X	X	X	Comp/Macro
SASCMD	none	X			Connect
SASFRSCR	none	Valid in SAS Component Language			Connect
SASHELP	!SASROOT/sashelp	X			Comp/LR
SASMSTORE	none	X	X	X	Macro
SASSCRIPT	!SASROOT/misc/connect	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SASUSER	~SASUSER.800	X			Comp/LR
SEQ	8	X	X	X	LR
SEQENGINE	V9TAPE	X	X	X	Comp
SERROR	SERROR	X	X	X	Macro
SET	none	X	X		Comp
SETINIT	NOSETINIT	X			LR
SKIP		X	X	X	LR
SOLUTIONS	SOLUTIONS	X			LR
SORTANOM	none	X	X		Comp
SORTCUT		X	X		Comp
SORTCUTP		X	X		Comp
SORTDEV	see description	X	X		Comp
SORTDUP	physical	X	X	X	LR
SORTEQUALS	SORTEQUALS	X	X	X	LR
SORTNAME	none	X	X		Comp
SORTPARM	none	X	X		Comp
SORTPGM	BEST	X	X		Comp
SORTSEQ	none	X	X	X	NLS
SORTSIZE	MAX	X	X	X	Comp/LR
SOURCE	SOURCE	X	X	X	LR
SOURCE2	NOSOURCE2	X	X	X	LR
SPDEINDEXSORTSIZE	32M	X	X	X	SPDE
SPDEMAXTHREADS		X			SPDE
SPDESORTSIZE	32M	X	X	X	SPDE
SPDEUTILLOC	NULL	X			SPDE
SPDEWHEVAL	COST	X			SPDE
SPOOL	NOSPOOL	X	X	X	LR
SSLCALISTLOC	none	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SSLCERTLOC	none	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SSLCLIENTAUTH	NOSSLCLIENTAUTH	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SSLCRLCHECK	NOSSLCRLCHECK	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SSLCRLLOC	none	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SSLPVTKEYLOC	none	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
SSLPVTKEYPASS	none	X	X	X	Comp/Connect
STARTLIB	STARTLIB	X			LR
STDIO	NOSTDIO	X			Comp
STIMEFMT	M	X			Comp
STIMER	STIMER	X	X		Comp
SUMSIZE		X			LR
SYMBOLGEN	NOSYMBOLGEN	X	X	X	Macro
SYNCHIO	see LR	X			LR
SYNTAXCHECK	SYNTAXCHECK	X	X	X	LR
SYSIN	none	X			Comp
SYSPARM	none	X	X	X	Macro
SYSPRINT	default system printer	X			Comp
SYSPRINTFONT	none	X	X	X	LR
SYSRPUTSYNC	NO	X			Connect
TAPECLOSE	REREAD	X	X	X	Comp
TBUFSIZE		X	X	X	Connect
TCPPORTFIRST		SAS invocation on the remote host			Connect
TCPPORTLAST		SAS invocation on the remote host			Connect
TERMINAL	TERMINAL	X			LR
TERMSTMT	none	X			LR
TEXTURELOC	none	X	X	X	LR
THREADS	NOTHREADS	X	X	X	LR
TOOLSMENU	TOOLSMENU	X			LR
TOPMARGIN		X	X	X	LR
TRAINLOC	none	X			LR
TRANTAB	none	X	X	X	NLS
UNIVERSALPRINT	UNIVERSALPRINT	X			LR
USER	none	X	X	X	Comp/LR
UTILLOC	none	X			LR
UUIDCOUNT	100	X	X	X	IT
UUIDGENDHOST	none	X			IT
V6CREATEUPDATE	ERROR	X			LR
VALIDFMTNAME	LONG	X	X	X	LR
VALIDVARNAME	V7	X	X	X	LR
VERBOSE	NOVERBOSE	X			Comp
VIEWMENU	VIEWMENU	X			LR
VNFERR	VNFERR	X	X	X	LR
WORK	see description	X			Comp/LR
WORKINIT	WORKINIT	X			Comp/LR
WORKPERMS	WORKPERMS	X			Comp
WORKTERM	WORKTERM	X	X	X	LR
XCMD	XCMD	X			Comp
YEARCUTOFF	1920	X	X	X	LR