Date:         Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:28:12 +0100
Reply-To:     Peter Crawford <peter.crawford@DB.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Peter Crawford <peter.crawford@DB.COM>
Subject:      _adding_ to config options without replace or update of standard
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This is a question about simplyfing the definition
of options when starting a sas session

When starting sas I want to provide several option
preferences in a config file.
    sas -config my.preferences.cfg
only replaces the standard config (sasv8.cfg)
it does not "merge" with it, so it requires all the
installation defaults as well as my overrides... as in v6

But in v8, if I place my preferences in sasv8.cfg in the
"start sas here" folder, then issue command
     sas
  (nicely brief)
It uses both the sasv8.cfg stored with sas.exe as well
as the sasv8.cfg in the "start sas here" folder
as indicated by the -verbose option......
Option          Value
======          =====
CONFIG          /applications/sas/sasv81/sasv8.cfg
                /home/xtrncrf/sasv8.cfg
but
thats only seems to work on unix(aix)-sas !
( and doesn't support more than one set of preferences !
( I would like one for each project/task/activity-type !
( e.g. sas connect to this server would use these options too

On winXX-sas, I need to define both the cfg file with sas.exe
as well as the cfg holding my overriding preferences
something like
E:\Users\Crawford\sas8>sas  -config c:\apps\sas\sasv8.cfg -config sasv8.cfg
again, proved by the -verbose option.......
====   Processed Configuration File(s)  ====
c:\apps\sas\sasv8.cfg
E:\Users\Crawford\sas8\sasv8.cfg

And that also requires knowledge in my command, of the path to sas.exe !!!
Normally the op.sys provides that in its path environment variable (both win and unix)

Has anyone been working in this area?
Have you better experience and work-arounds ?
Is the v8.2 behaviour different ?
Is it different in v9 ?


HTH

Peter Crawford




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