Hi,
SAS 9.3 on Windows
My config file contains:
-log E:\Logs\Some\Path\Sysin_Filename_
-logparm "rollover=session"
with upstream config file directives to timestamp the logfile as Sysin_Filename_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log
Is there a way to make SAS "self-aware" about the actual log filename it's writing to?
%sysfunction(getoption(log)) returns E:\Logs\Some\Path\Sysin_Filename_, not the timestamped log filename.
I want to put the actual log filename in a SAS generated email message when an error occurs.
Two ways that I think will work:
But I was hoping there's a more obvious less kludgy approach.
FYI, here's the approach I'm currently using. Credit for the original code (slight modifications by me) goes to M. Dixon of Selerity.
Let me know if you think there's a better approach...
* capture the timestamped log filename ;
filename cmd pipe "handle -p &SYSJOBID";
data _null_;
infile cmd;
input;
* delete unwanted lines ;
if not prxmatch("#\.log(_\d+)*$#io",strip(_infile_)) then delete;
if prxmatch("#\\arm#io",strip(_infile_)) then delete;
* capture log file ;
re=prxparse("#.*([a-zA-Z]:.*\.log(_\d+)*$)#o");
if prxmatch(re,strip(_infile_)) then log=prxposn(re,1,strip(_infile_));
call symputx("log",log,"G");
stop;
run;
filename cmd clear;
As per my original post, I think SAS should make this a bit easier...
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