SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

498 SET= System Option Chapter 18
V9TAPE | V9SEQ | V8TAPE | V8SEQ |V7TAPE | V7SEQ
specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS data libraries in System 9,
Version 8, or Version 7 tape format. The SAS System 9, Version 8, and Version 7
engines are identical.
V6TAPE | V6SEQ
specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS data libraries in Version 6 tape
format.
Details
The SEQENGINE= system option specifies the engine that SAS will use to access an
existing sequential format data library when an engine name is not explicitly stated in
the LIBNAME statement or LIBNAME function.
See Also
SET= System Option
3 “The V9TAPE Engine” on page 37
Defines an environment variable
Default: none
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment Control: ENVFILES
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES
z/OS specifics: all
Syntax
SET= ’environment-variable value’
environment-variable
specifies the environment variable to define.
value
specifies the environment variable value. Note that quotation marks are required
around the entire environment-variable value string.
Details
You can use the SET= system option to define an environment variable that is valid
within the SAS session. For example, you can use the SET= option to make
environment variables available to turn on support for various utility functions.
SAS/CONNECT software uses environment variables to turn on debug tracing
capabilities, among other things.
You can define one environment variable at a time with the SET= option. The
environment-variable value takes precedence over any corresponding values except for
those set by the following system options: