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SASHELP=

SASHELP=


Specifies the location of the SASHELP library

Default: SASHELP *
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
CMS specifics: library-specification, operating environment behavior

Syntax
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Syntax

SASHELP='library' | ('library-1' ...'library-n')

'library'
specifies a physical name (enclosed in quotation marks), in the following form:

'<filetype>filemode | SFS-directory | *'

where filetype specifies the SAS help library, and filemode | SFS-directory | * is the disk on which the SASHELP library resides.

('library-1' ...'library-n')
specifies a concatenated list of help libraries. The filetype SASHELP must be specified in each library specification in the concatenation.

Details

The SASHELP library can be specified as a single library or as a concatenated list of libraries, which enables you to create your own help libraries and append them to the library provided with SAS. SAS searches for members through all libraries, following the order of the libraries in the concatenated list.

Concatenated library specifications require an explicit filetype of SASHELP. Without the filetype, SAS will not be able to locate individual members within the specified library.

The SASHELP library can be stored in a CMS saved segment for improved system performance. The implementation of saved segments takes place at SAS installation time, as described in the installation instructions for the SAS System in the CMS environment.

SAS uses the SASHELP library in a saved segment only if all of the following conditions are true:

When SASHELP is stored in a saved segment, the host pathname (displayed by a LIBNAME LIST statement or PROC CONENTS, for example) will be SASxHELP SG, where x is the value of the SERIES= system option.
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