https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Writing-to-the-same-log-file/m-p/284121#M57960 <P>You actually have two problems to solve.&nbsp; You also have to ensure that program A completes before program B begins.&nbsp; The easiest way to do that is to create program C to run both A then B:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>%include 'program_a.sas';</P> <P>%include 'program_b.sas';</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>There are other approaches that involve PROC PRINTTO, but %INCLUDE should be easiest and safest.</P> Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:00:44 GMT Astounding 2016-07-13T17:00:44Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Writing-to-the-same-log-file/m-p/284102#M57952 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I have two sas programs both are trying to write the log to same external file in succession. First program A will write to the log file and then program B has to append its log to the same external file. Please suggest me a way to do so.</P> Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:02:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Writing-to-the-same-log-file/m-p/284102#M57952 Aditi24 2016-07-13T16:02:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Writing-to-the-same-log-file/m-p/284121#M57960 <P>You actually have two problems to solve.&nbsp; You also have to ensure that program A completes before program B begins.&nbsp; The easiest way to do that is to create program C to run both A then B:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>%include 'program_a.sas';</P> <P>%include 'program_b.sas';</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>There are other approaches that involve PROC PRINTTO, but %INCLUDE should be easiest and safest.</P> Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:00:44 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Writing-to-the-same-log-file/m-p/284121#M57960 Astounding 2016-07-13T17:00:44Z