SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

AUTOEXEC= System Option
Specifies the autoexec file
Default: null
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment Control: ENVFILES
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES
z/OS specifics: file-specification
Syntax
AUTOEXEC=file-specification | NOAUTOEXEC
System Options under z/OS BLKALLOC System Option 413
file-specification
identifies an external file. Under z/OS, it can be a valid DDname, a physical file
name, or the name of a file stored in the directory structure of UNIX System
Services. The DDname must have been previously associated with an external file
using either a TSO ALLOCATE command or a JCL DD statement.
NOAUTOEXEC
disables AUTOEXEC, as if the file-specification was blank.
Details
The autoexec file contains SAS statements that are executed automatically when you
invoke SAS. The autoexec file can contain any SAS statements. For example, you can
include LIBNAME statements for SAS data libraries that you access routinely in SAS
sessions.
During initialization, SAS checks to see whether the SASEXEC DDname has been
allocated. If so, SAS initializes AUTOEXEC= to SASEXEC; otherwise, it sets it to null.
See Also
3 “Autoexec Files” on page 9
BLKALLOC System Option
Causes SAS to set LRECL and BLKSIZE values for a SAS data library when it is allocated rather
than when it is first accessed
Default: NOBLKALLOC
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category: File Control: SASFILES
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= SASFILES
z/OS specifics: all