Date:         Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:48:46 +0500
Reply-To:     Bernard Tremblay <bernard@CAPITALE.QC.CA>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Bernard Tremblay <bernard@CAPITALE.QC.CA>
Subject:      Re: BATCH/INTERACTIVE mode recognition

Hi,
 
        Be carefull about SYSENV. It is not working on our Sun UNIX machine;
I know it work on MVS; I don't know if it could work on OS/2 or Win95...
 
        Regards,
                Bernard Tremblay
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>>>From owner-sas-l@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Fri Jun 20 10:37 EDT 1997
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>>>Date:         Fri, 20 Jun 1997 03:10:00 GMT
>>>From: Kurt Beckman <kurt_beckman@earthlink.net>
>>>Subject:      Re: BATCH/INTERACTIVE mode recognition
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list SAS-L <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
>>>
>>>Dear Philip Primak <pprimak@world.std.com>:
>>>
>>>On Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:46:37 GMT,
>>>in <33A92A2D.4BFC@world.std.com> you wrote:
>>>
>>>>>Is there a macro variable that can be used as an indicator to determine
>>>>>if SAS code running in BATCH or INTERACTIVE mode? I use SAS 6.12 for
>>>>>WIN95.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>Philip Primak
>>>
>>>You should be able to use the SAS automatic macro variable SYSENV
>>>for this.  It contains the values FORE if the input stream comes
>>>from the terminal _or_ the SASLOG or SASLIST goes to the
>>>terminal.  The value is BACK if _neither_ the SASLOG or SASLIST
>>>use the terminal _and_ the input stream comes from an external
>>>file.
>>>
>>>It is documented in the "SAS Guide to Macro Processing, Version
>>>6, 2nd Edition" on page 57.  The Display Manager online help is
>>>an good place to fish for latest updates.  Keep thrashing and
>>>you'll find them.  Good luck.
>>>
>>>Sincerely
>>>
>>>Kurt D. Beckman
>>>SAS Consultant
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