SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

See Also
FILEREF Function
3 “FILENAME Statement” on page 369
Functions and CALL Routines under z/OS FINFO Function 261
Verifies that a fileref has been assigned for the current SAS session
Category: External Files
z/OS specifics: fileref
See: FILEREF Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Syntax
FILEREF(‘fileref’)
fileref
specifies the fileref to be validated. Under z/OS, fileref can be a DDname that was
assigned using the TSO ALLOCATE command or JCL DD statement.
Details
FINFO Function
A negative return code indicates that the fileref exists, but the physical files associated
with the fileref does not exist. A positive value indicates that the fileref is not assigned.
A value of zero indicates that the fileref and the external file both exist.
Returns the value of a file information item for an external file
Category: External Files
z/OS specifics: info-item
See: FINFO Function in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
Syntax
FINFO(file-id,info-item)
file-id
specifies the identifier that was assigned when the file was opened, generally by the
FOPEN function.
info-item
specifies the number of the information item that is to be retrieved. This is a
character value.