11. How to migrate SAS programs

SAS programs developed for MVS require some additional treatment before they will run on SAS for Unix.

11.1 No RECFM

Any RECFM specifications in the SAS program should be removed. This is a system-dependant option from MVS that has no equivalent under Unix.

11.2 Fix the "NOT" test

The "NOT" test written as "¬=" on MVS SAS is incompatible with the version of SAS running on Unix. The trimspace program can be used to automatically convert "¬=" to "^=".

11.3 Change TSO calls

System calls to TSO obviously will not work on Unix. You can replace them with their equivalent Unix SAS X statement or simply delete them if they are like ALLOC and have no Unix equivalent.