FMTSEARCH System Option: UNIX

Specifies the order in which format catalogs are searched.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, SASV9_OPTIONS environment variable
Category:	Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVDISPLAY
Default:	(WORK LIBRARY)
UNIX specifics:	valid values for catalog-specification
See:	FMTSEARCH= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference

Syntax

-FMTSEARCH (catalog-specification-1... catalog-specification-n)

FMTSEARCH=(catalog-specification-1... catalog-specification-n)

catalog-specification: specifies the order in which format catalogs are searched until the desired member is found. The value of libref can be either libref or libref.catalog. If only the libref is given, SAS assumes that FORMATS is the catalog name.

Note:The value of libref must be in uppercase characters.

To add additional catalog-specification entries, use the INSERT System Option: UNIX or APPEND System Option: UNIX.