SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

438 FILESPACE System Option Chapter 18
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= EXTFILES
z/OS specifics: all
Syntax
FILEREUSE | NOFILEREUSE
Details
If FILEREUSE is in effect and there is a request to allocate a file that is already
allocated, the existing allocation is used whenever the new allocation would cause a
temporary DDname (of the form @SASnnnn) to be generated.
FILESPACE System Option
Specifies how FILENAME and LIBNAME processing should supply default values when you create a
new z/OS data set.
Default: SAS
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category: File Control: EXTFILES, File Control: SASFILES
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= EXTFILES and SASFILES
z/OS specifics: all
Syntax
FILESPACE= SAS | SYSTEM
SAS
indicates that SAS will supply the default values for the following options of the
FILENAME and LIBNAME statements.
Table 18.1 SAS System Options and Defaults
FILENAME/LIBNAME Option SAS System Option(s) That Specify the Default
SPACE FILEUNIT, FILESPPRI, FILESPSEC,
FILEDIRBLK
UNIT FILEDEV
VOLSER FILEVOL
SYSTEM
indicates that SAS will not supply the default values for the SPACE, UNIT, and
VOLSER options of a FILENAME or LIBNAME statement, thus allowing the
system-specified defaults, particularly any default values that might be specified in
an SMS data class, to be used instead.