X

Issues an operating environment command from within a SAS session

Language element: statement

Valid: anywhere in a SAS program

OpenVMS specifics: operating environment command; OpenVMS subprocesses

Syntax
Details

Syntax

X <'DCL-command'>;

no argument: spawns an OpenVMS subprocess, where you can issue DCL commands.
'DCL-command': specifies a single DCL command. The value for DCL-command must be enclosed in quotation marks.

The X statement issues a DCL command from within a SAS session. The SAS System executes the X statement immediately.

For complete information about the X statement, see Issuing DCL Commands during a SAS Session.

Language element:	statement
Valid:	anywhere in a SAS program
OpenVMS specifics:	operating environment command; OpenVMS subprocesses