Date:         Thu, 8 Jun 2006 03:02:51 -0700
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Subject:      Re: Watch out for SAS keeping old data in memory while running
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A technique I have used is to run programs via a wrapper script, eg

$ runsas my_program

instead of

$ sas my_program

The wrapper invokes SAS to run the program and then checks the return
code, creating an empty file called "my_program.clean",
"my_program.warnings" or "my_program.errors", as appropriate (it must
also delete any of those files which exists before running the job, of
course).  It is then immediately obvious when looking at the content of
the directory, in Windows Explorer or whatever, which programs have run
clean and which haven't.  This is very useful when re-running hundreds
of individual programs overnight etc.

I haven't got the actual code handy at the moment, but can post it
later if anyone's interested...

Chris.
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David L Cassell wrote:

> The way to look for errors and warnings (and plenty of NOTEs that may
> signify serious problems with your particular data processing problem)
> is to use a log checker or log parser and do it in an automated fashion.
> Looking through large logs by hand is too prone to error.  There have
> been lots of SAS-L threads on 'log checker' or 'log parser' and you can
> glean valuable information by searching the SAS-L archives for these
> key-phrases.
>
> HTH,
> David
> --
> David L. Cassell
> mathematical statistician
> Design Pathways
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