NEWS=

NEWS=

Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log

Language element: system option

Default: SAS$NEWS, if defined. If no SAS$NEWS logical name exists, no news is written to the SAS log.

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol

OpenVMS specifics: valid values for file-specification

Syntax
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Syntax

NEWS=file-specification

NONEWS

NEWS=file-specification: specifies an external file. The value for file-specification can be a valid OpenVMS pathname or logical name.
NONEWS: specifies that the contents of the NEWS file is not displayed in the SAS log, even if the file exists.

Details

In the OpenVMS environment, the default behavior is to search for the SAS$NEWS logical name. If it is found, the contents of the NEWS file are displayed in the SAS log immediately after the SAS header.

See Also

NEWS= system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Language element:	system option
Default:	SAS$NEWS, if defined. If no SAS$NEWS logical name exists, no news is written to the SAS log.
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	valid values for file-specification