SORTMSG System Option: z/OS

Controls the class of messages to be written by the host sort utility.
Valid in: Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category: Sort: SORT
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= SORT
Default: NOSORTMSG
z/OS specifics: All

Syntax

SORTMSG | NOSORTMSG

Required Arguments

SORTMSG
tells SAS to pass the MSG=AP parameter to the host sort utility.
NOSORTMSG
tells SAS to pass the MSG=CP parameter to the host sort utility, which means that only critical messages are written.