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XTIMEOUT=

Language element:	system option
Default:	NOXTIMEOUT
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	All aspects are host-specific

XTIMEOUT=time-span

specifies the number of minutes until an inactive subprocess is deleted. The value of time-span can range from 0 to 59. XTIMEOUT=0 indicates that the subprocess is deleted immediately when control returns to the SAS System.

NOXTIMEOUT

indicates that the subprocess never times out, and it is not deleted until the SAS session terminates. This is the default.

Details

This option affects only the following form of the X command or X statement:

X 'DCL-command'

When an X statement or X command spawns a subprocess to issue one specific DCL command, the subprocess is not automatically deleted when control returns to the SAS System; it remains active based on the value of the XTIMEOUT= system option.

Each time an X statement or X command is issued, the timer is reset to the value specified in the XTIMEOUT= system option. When the subprocess remains inactive for the time period specified by XTIMEOUT=, the subprocess is deleted.

Note:   When certain DCL commands are submitted by an X statement or X command, any existing subprocess is deleted regardless of the value of the XTIMEOUT= system option.  

See Also

• Statement: X

• Command: X

• Issuing DCL Commands during a SAS Session

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