ENGINE= System Option: UNIX

Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category: Files: SAS files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= SASFILES
Default: V9
UNIX specifics: valid values of engine-name
See: ENGINE= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference

Syntax

-ENGINE engine-name

Required Argument

engine-name
can be one of the following under UNIX:
BASE | V9
specifies the default SAS engine for SAS 9 through SAS 9.3 files.
V8
specifies the SAS engine for all SAS Version 9 files.
V7
specifies the SAS engine for all Version 7 files.
V6
specifies the SAS engine for Release 6.09 through Release 6.12. This engine is read-only.

See Also

SAS Engines in SAS Language Reference: Concepts