SYSIN System Option: Windows

Specifies a batch mode source file.
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES
Default: none
Windows specifics: Valid values for file-specification

Syntax

-SYSIN file-specification | -NOSYSIN

Required Arguments

SYSIN file-specification
specifies to start SAS and submit the file in batch mode. The value of file-specification must be a valid Windows filename.
NOSYSIN
specifies to start SAS in batch mode, but do not submit any files. This option is useful for testing your SAS autoexec file; after your autoexec file is processed, SAS exits.

Details

The SYSIN system option specifies a file containing a SAS program. This option indicates to SAS that you are executing in noninteractive mode and can be specified only in the SAS invocation.