AUTOEXEC

AUTOEXEC

Specifies the autoexec file to be used

Default: autoexec.sas (see Details below)

Valid in: SAS invocation, SASV8_OPTIONS environment variable, configuration file

UNIX specifics: all

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

-AUTOEXEC filename | -NOAUTOEXEC

-AUTOEXEC filename: specifies the autoexec file to be used. The filename must resolve to a valid UNIX pathname.
-NOAUTOEXEC: specifies that SAS is not to process any autoexec files.

Details

The autoexec file contains SAS statements that are executed automatically when you invoke SAS or when you start another SAS process. The autoexec file can contain any SAS statements. For example, your autoexec file can contain LIBNAME statements for SAS data libraries that you access routinely in SAS sessions.

The SAS System looks for this option on the command line, then in the environment variable SASV8_OPTIONS, and finally in the configuration file. It uses the first AUTOEXEC option it encounters.

If neither AUTOEXEC nor NOAUTOEXEC is specified, the SAS System searches three directories for an autoexec.sas file in the following order:

your current directory
your home directory
the SASROOT directory (see The sasroot Directory )

SAS uses the first file it finds to initialize the session.

If you want to see the contents of the autoexec file for your session, use the ECHOAUTO system option when you invoke the SAS System.

See Also

Customizing Your SAS Session
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Default:	`autoexec.sas` (see Details below)
Valid in:	SAS invocation, SASV8_OPTIONS environment variable, configuration file
UNIX specifics:	all