SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

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Accessing External Files
Referring to External Files 84
How SAS Determines Device Types 85
Writing to External Files 85
FILE Statement 86
FILE Statement Syntax 86
FILE Statement Examples 87
Writing to Sequential Data Sets 87
Writing to Members of PDS or PDSE Data Sets 88
Writing to a Printer 88
Writing to the Internal Reader 89
Writing to a Temporary Data Set 89
Using the FILE Statement to Specify Data Set Attributes 89
Using the Data Set Attributes of an Input File 90
Using the FILE Statement to Specify Data Set Disposition 90
Appending Data with the MOD Option 90
Appending Data with the MOD Disposition 90
Writing to Print Data Sets 91
Designating a Print Data Set 91
Designating Nonprint Data Set as a Print Data Set 91
Designating a Print Data Set as a Nonprint Data Set 92
Reading from External Files 92
INFILE Statement 92
INFILE Statement Syntax 93
INFILE Statement Examples 94
Reading from a Sequential File 94
Reading from a Member of a PDS or PDSE 94
Reading from the Terminal 95
Reading Concatenated Data Sets 95
Reading from Multiple External Files 96
Sequentially Reading from Multiple External Files 96
Alternately Accessing Multiple External Files 96
Reading from Print Data Sets 97
Getting Information about an Input Data Set 97
Accessing Nonstandard Files 97
Accessing IMS and CA-IDMS Databases 97
Accessing ISAM Files 98
Accessing VSAM Data Sets 98
Reading a VSAM File 98
Writing to an Empty VSAM File 98
Updating a VSAM Data Set 99
Using Record-Level Sharing with VSAM 99
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