SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

250 CALL WTO Routine Chapter 13
CALL WTO Routine
Sends a message to the system console
z/OS specifics: all
Syntax
CALL WTO (“text-string”);
text-string
is the message that you want to send. It should be no longer than 125 characters.
Description
WTO is a DATA step call routine that takes a character-string argument and sends it to
a system console. The destination is controlled by the WTOUSERROUT=,
WTOUSERDESC=, and WTOUSERMCSF= SAS system options. If WTOUSERROUT=0
(the default), no message is sent.
See Also
DINFO Function
3 “WTO Function” on page 276
3 “WTOUSERDESC= System Option” on page 526
3 “WTOUSERMCSF= System Option” on page 527
3 “WTOUSERROUT= System Option” on page 528
Returns information about a directory
Category: External Files
z/OS specifics: info-item
See: DINFO Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Syntax
DINFO(directory-id, info-item)
directory-id
specifies the identifier that was assigned when the directory was opened, generally
by the DOPEN function.
info-item
specifies the information item to be retrieved. DINFO returns a blank if the value of
the info-item argument is invalid. The information available varies according to
the operating environment. This is a character value.