Date:         Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:16:57 +0800
Reply-To:     Zibao Zhang <zibaozhang@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Zibao Zhang <zibaozhang@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: System options made permanents
Comments: To: Louis <louis_rene_rheault@YAHOO.COM>
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Hi Louis,

You can save the option "options compress=yes;"  as c:\autoexec.sas, so everytime SAS will execute it while startuping.

Kind Regards,
Zibao Zhang, MD

----- Original Message -----
From: Louis <louis_rene_rheault@YAHOO.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:06 PM
Subject: System options made permanents


> Hi!
>
> I'd like to change an option in the System options so that everytime I
> startup it stays the same. My example: I'd like to COMPRESS all the datasets
> so I can free some disk space (and the performances are better too). To
> change the option, I go in the Tools menu, Options, System, SAS files and
> change the COMPRESS' NO for a YES.
>
> But when I restart SAS, I have to do it again.
>
> Thanks very much!
> Louis
>