FILENULL

FILENULL

Specifies whether zero-length records are written to external files

Default: FILENULL

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window

Category: File Control: EXTFILES

OS/390 specifics: all

Syntax
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Syntax

FILENULL | NOFILENULL

FILENULL: allows zero-length records to be written to external files. This is the default value.
NOFILENULL: prevents zero-length records from being written to external files. This type of record is ignored.

Details

If your file transfer program cannot handle zero-length records, you should specify NOFILENULL before you create the file that you want to transfer.

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Default:	FILENULL
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	File Control: EXTFILES
OS/390 specifics:	all