topic Empty Screen after Proc Printto Log in New SAS User

Empty Screen after Proc Printto Log

trevand — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 02:44:56 GMT

I am using SAS EG and create manually a log file:

%let logs=&root./logs;
proc printto log="&logs./log_file%sysfunc(date(),yymmddn6.)txt";
run;

When the code runs I get an empty screen and I cannot execute any other commands. Do I need to somehow close the log file?

Re: Empty Screen after Proc Printto Log

Ksharp — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:43:24 GMT

You need another PROC PRINTTO to end up with this proc printto:

%let logs=&root./logs;
proc printto log="&logs./log_file%sysfunc(date(),yymmddn6.)txt" new;
run;

............................................

proc printto ;
run;