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SYSVLONG

SYSVLONG



Contains the release number and maintenance level of SAS software that is running

Type: Automatic macro variable (read only)
See also: SYSVER


Comparisons
Example
Identifying a SAS Maintenance Release


Comparisons

SYSVLONG provides the release number and maintenance level of SAS software, in addition to the release number.


Example

Example 1: Identifying a SAS Maintenance Release

The following statement displays information identifying the SAS release being used.

%put I am using maintenance release: &sysvlong;

Submitting this statement (for a user of Release 6.12) writes this to the SAS log:

I am using maintenance release: 6.12.0005P123199


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