Date:         Sat, 3 Oct 2009 20:37:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Patrick <patrick.matter@GMX.CH>
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From:         Patrick <patrick.matter@GMX.CH>
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Subject:      Re: system option GENERIC/NOGENERIC
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It seems to be one of these internal undocumented system options which
should be used with care - but as it looks like options generic does
nothing else than suppress host specific messages.

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi29/040-29.pdf

You can list the internal options via:
proc options internal;
run;