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| SYSPREF= |
| Default: | user profile prefix for interactive, userid for batch |
| Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window |
| Category: | File Control: EXTFILES |
| OS/390 specifics: | all |
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| SYSPREF=prefix |
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The SYSPREF= option specifies a prefix to be used in constructing a fully qualified physical file name from a partially qualified name. Wherever a physical name must be entered in quotation marks in SAS statements or in SAS windowing environment commands, you may enter a data set name in the form '.rest.of-name', and SAS inserts the value of the SYSPREF= option in front of the first period.
Unlike the user profile prefix, the SYSPREF= option may have more than one qualifier in its name. If, for example, SYSPREF=SAS.TEST, then '.SASDATA' is interpreted as 'SAS.TEST.SASDATA'. The maximum length of prefix is 42 characters.
If no value is specified for SYSPREF=, then SAS uses the user profile prefix (in the interactive environment) or the userid (in batch).
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