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WORK

Default:	!sasroot\SASWORK
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
OS/2 specifics:	Valid values for library-specification

"library-specification"

specifies an environment variable or OS/2 pathname. Remember that a pathname is only to the directory or subdirectory level. The value of library-specification must resolve to a valid OS/2 pathname. The library-specification must be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Details

The default SAS configuration file creates the WORK data library in the !sasfolder\SASWORK directory, where !sasfolder is the location of your SAS System program files.

The SAS System creates a subdirectory called #TDnnnnn for each SAS process under the directory you specify in the WORK option, where nnnnn is a unique number. The default behavior is to create a #TDnnnnn subdirectory.

See Also

• WORK system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

• WORK Data Library

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