Base SAS 9.1.3 Procedures Guide - Acsu Buffalo

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The OPTSAVE Procedure
Overview: OPTSAVE Procedure 619
What Does the OPTSAVE Procedure Do? 619
Syntax: OPTSAVE Procedure 619
PROC OPTSAVE Statement 620
Overview: OPTSAVE Procedure
What Does the OPTSAVE Procedure Do?
PROC OPTSAVE saves the current SAS system option settings in the SAS registry
or in a SAS data set.
SAS system options can be saved across SAS sessions. You can save the settings of
the SAS system options in a SAS data set or registry key by using
3 the DMOPTSAVE command from a command line in the SAS windowing
environment. Use the command like this: DMOPTSAVE .
3 the PROC OPTSAVE statement.
Some SAS options will not be saved with PROC OPTSAVE. The following is a list of
these options:
3 ARMAGENT system option
3 ARMLOC system option
3 ARMSUBSYS system option
3 AWSDEF system option
3 FONTALIAS system option
3 SORTMSG system option
3 STIMER system option
3 TPSEC system option
3 All SAS system options that can be specified only during startup
3 All SAS system options that identify a password.
Syntax: OPTSAVE Procedure
Tip: The only statement that is used with the OPTSAVE procedure is the PROC
statement.