SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

370 FILENAME Statement Chapter 17
FILENAME fileref (’physical–filename–1’... ’physical-filename-n’)
;
FILENAME fileref EMAIL ’address’ ;
FILENAME fileref | _ALL_ CLEAR;
FILENAME fileref | _ALL_ LIST;
fileref
is a symbolic name for an external file. The fileref can consist of up to eight letters,
numbers, national characters ($, @, #), and underscores (_). The first character must
be either a letter, a national character, or an underscore.
device-type
specifies a device type for the output. It can be one of the following:
CATALOG
references a SAS catalog as a flat file. The external file is a valid two-, three-, or
four- part SAS catalog name followed by any catalog options needed. Refer to SAS
Language Reference: Dictionary for a description of catalog options.
DISK
sends the output to a disk drive.
DUMMY
specifies a null output device. This value is especially useful in testing situations.
Any output that would normally be sent to the external file is discarded.
EMAIL
sends electronic mail to an address. The external file is an address followed by
e-mail options. See “Sending E-Mail from within SAS Software” on page 131 for
more information.
FTP
reads or writes to a file from any machine on a network that is running an FTP
server. The external file is the pathname of the external file on the remote
machine followed by FTP options. Only one member of a z/OS PDS can be written
to at a time. If you need to write to multiple members at the same time, a z/OS
PDSE or a UNIX System Services directory should be used. See SAS Language
Reference: Dictionary for more information.
HFS
specifies a UNIX System Services file.
MVS
specifies an MVS data set.
NOMVSTRANS
suppresses the EBCDIC to ASCII translation that is internal to the Socket access
method.
PIPE
specifies that SAS open a UNIX System Services pipeline for execution of UNIX
System Services commands that are issued within the statement.
PLOTTER
sends the output to the default system plotter.
PRINTER
sends the output to the default system printer.