SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

366 FILE Statement Chapter 17
carriage returns) or to the SAS log. For nonprint files (without carriage returns),
the value of LRECL= is used in place of the default value for LINESIZE=.
LRECL=value
specifies the logical record length of the file. The specified value depends on the
access method and the device type. For more information, see the discussion of
LRECL= in “DCB Option Descriptions” on page 379 and MVS JCL Reference.
MOD
writes the output lines following any existing lines in the file. This option
overrides a disposition that was specified in JCL or under TSO. It is not valid if
the specified file is a member of a partitioned data set (PDS).
NOPROMPT
specifies that if the file that you reference in the FILE statement is unavailable, a
requestor window is not displayed and an error is written to the SAS log.
OLD
writes the output lines at the beginning of the file, overwriting any existing data
in the file. This option overrides a disposition that was specified in JCL or under
TSO, and it is the default if no disposition is specified. Using OLD is necessary
only if you used MOD for the file in an earlier FILE statement and you want to
overwrite the file.
PRINT|NOPRINT
specifies whether carriage-control characters are placed in output files. Under
z/OS, PRINT adds carriage-control characters to the beginning of all lines of
output that are directed to print files and to the SAS log.
RECFM=record-format
specifies the record format of the file. Valid values are
F specifies fixed-length records, unblocked.
V specifies variable-length records, unblocked.
FB specifies fixed-length records, blocked.
VB specifies variable-length records, blocked.
U specifies undefined-length records, unblocked.
The following values can be appended to the RECFM values:
A specifies that the first byte of each record is an ANSI
printer-control character.
S if appended to V, specifies that the file contains spanned
records; if appended to F, specifies that the file contains
standard blocks.
The following value stands alone; no other values can be appended:
N indicates that the file is in binary format. The file is processed
as a stream of bytes with no record boundaries. This record
format is specific to SAS.
Host Options for Retrieving Information about Data Sets
The following options are used in the FILE, FILENAME, and INFILE statements to
retrieve information about a data set from the operating environment control blocks.