topic Re: finding path to current log file in a batch Windows job in SAS Programming

finding path to current log file in a batch Windows job

BenConner — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:06:23 GMT

Hi,

If I have a batch SAS job running in Windows, is there any way I can find out what the current path/name is of the log file it is generating?

I need to pass that to a log analyzer that I call at the end of the job.

Thanks!

--Ben

Re: finding path to current log file in a batch Windows job

ballardw — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:56:25 GMT

How are you running the batch job?

The command line used should allow you to set the output destination of the LOG or setting the Log options in the configuration file use or using proc printto

For example of a command line:

"C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\Sas.exe"-SYSIN c:\job1.bat -NOSPLASH -ICON -PRINT c:\job1.lst –LOG c:\job1.log.

The -Log sets the location of the log file to c:\job1.log

Re: finding path to current log file in a batch Windows job

FreelanceReinh — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:11:34 GMT

Hi @BenConner,

From within the running batch job you can retrieve the value of the LOG system option, i.e.,

%sysfunc(getoption(log))

will evaluate to the path of the log file. This would, however, not reflect redirections of the log via PROC PRINTTO calls in the program, if any. But if you wrote a PROC PRINTTO step, you would likely know the path anyway.

Re: finding path to current log file in a batch Windows job

BenConner — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:21:46 GMT

Perfect. That's exactly what I was looking for. Rather than the %sysfunc, I just used a simple data step to test with but I think sysfunc would work better in the actual application.

Thanks much!

--Ben