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ERRORCHECK=

ERRORCHECK=


Controls error handling in batch processing

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Category: Environment control: Error handling
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ERRORHANDLING

Syntax
Syntax Description

Syntax

ERRORCHECK=NORMAL | STRICT

Syntax Description

NORMAL
does not place the SAS job into syntax-check mode when an error occurs in a LIBNAME or FILENAME statement, or in a LOCK statement in SAS/SHARE software. In addition, the job or session does not abend when a %INCLUDE statement fails due to a non-existent file.

STRICT
places the SAS job into syntax-check mode when an error occurs in a LIBNAME or FILENAME statement, or in a LOCK statement in SAS/SHARE software. In addition, the job or session abends when a %INCLUDE statement fails due to a non-existent file.


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