Copy sas log in a text file, but keeping them also into sas

[Sabrina3]

Good Morning,

I'm looking almost all day how to copy sas log into a text file, but without erasing it into sas (no proc printto, or maybe if some option exists…)

I need this code to be inside my sas program and not executed into linuy command line (or of course in a linux command line into my sas program)

I would like to be in my sas enterprise guide session, run my project (or program) and then see the logs into sas, but also save them (automatically) in a text file.

I saw on internet the altlog option, but I didn't manage to make it work...

Hope somebody could help me.

Thank you,
Sabrina

[Reeza]

ALTLOG must be changed on invocation, would that work for you?
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Implement-altlog-in-the-code/td-p/171808

[Sabrina3]

Thank you Reeza for your help…
I cannot manage to make the altlog work… If I understood it correctly, sas must be triggered in batch right ?

I'm looking for a solution that can be written in the sas script.

[Quentin]

It would be sooo nice if altlog could be specified in SAS code rather than only during SAS session start-up. Feel free to up-vote my ballot suggestion for this feature: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SASware-Ballot-Ideas/Allow-ALTLOG-to-be-specified-on-OPTIONS-statemen...

[r_behata · Accepted solution]

Code Direct Log to the External Log file , Reads and displays the external file and displays it in the Log Window in the same session. Let me know if this works.

/* Specify the path for the external log */

*Specify the Path;
%let path=<Your_Path>/sample.log;
 
* Export Log to Extrenal Path;
proc printto log="&path.";
run;
 
*Specify Your SAS Code Here;
data Sample;
   set sashelp.class;
run;
 
proc print data=Sample;
run;
 
proc printto log=log; run;
 
*Read the Log from the External file and Display in the Log Window;
data _null_;
   infile "&path.";
   input;
   putlog ">" _infile_;
run;

[Sabrina3]

Thank you r_behata,

It's a good idea, but doing like this we lose the fonctionality of seen the errors and warning in the bottom bar.
See the picture below

[Sabrina3]

If I remove the ">" and just write the last line :
putlog _infile_;

it works !