BUFNO

BUFNO

Specifies the number of buffers to be used for a SAS data set

Default: 1

Valid in: SAS invocation, SASV8_OPTIONS environment variable, configuration file, OPTIONS statement, System Options window

UNIX specifics: default value

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Syntax

-BUFNO n|nK|nM|nG|MIN|MAX|hexX

BUFNO=n|nK|nM|nG|MIN|MAX|hexX

n|nK|nM|nG: specifies the number of buffers in multiples of 1; 1,024 (kilobytes); 1,048,576 (megabytes); and 1,073,741,824 (gigabytes), respectively. For example, a value of 8 specifies 8 buffers and a value of 3M specifies 3,145,728 buffers.
MIN: specifies 0 buffers, and requires SAS to use the default value of one.
MAX: specifies 2,147,483,647 buffers. On 64-bit systems, MAX is 9,007,199,254,740,992.
hexX: specifies the number of buffers in hexadecimal notation. For example, 2DX specifies 45 buffers.

Details

Under UNIX, the maximum number of buffers you can allocate is determined by the amount of memory available.

See Also

SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Default:	1
Valid in:	SAS invocation, SASV8_OPTIONS environment variable, configuration file, OPTIONS statement, System Options window
UNIX specifics:	default value