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SEQENGINE=

SEQENGINE=


Specifies the access method the SAS software uses for SAS libraries in tape format when an engine name is not explicitly stated in a LIBNAME statement

Default: V7SEQ
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
CMS specifics: all

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Syntax

SEQENGINE=engine-name

engine-name
can have the following values under CMS:
TAPE specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS data sets in the latest tape format.

Any new SAS library name beginning with the letters 'TAPE' is created as sequential format. This is true if no LIBNAME statement (or FILEDEF command) is specified with a physical name of 'TAPx'. Therefore, if 'TAPx' is specified as the physical name, then a sequential library on tape results. If 'TAPx' is not specified as the physical name, then a sequential format on disk results.

V8TAPE specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS data sets in the Version 8 tape format.
V7TAPE or V7SEQ specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS data sets in the Version 7 tape format.
V6TAPE or V6SEQ specifies the engine for accessing sequential SAS data sets in the Version 6 tape format.
V5TAPE or V5SEQ specifies the engine for accessing read-only sequential SAS data sets in the Version 5 tape format.

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