Date:         Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:23:24 -0400
Reply-To:     "Long, Stuart (NIH/NIEHS) [C]" <long3@NIEHS.NIH.GOV>
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From:         "Long, Stuart (NIH/NIEHS) [C]" <long3@NIEHS.NIH.GOV>
Subject:      Re: delete the log file when it is too long
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Hi Domenico:

Although I would not recommend it for most executions of SAS code, on
occasion you may want to see certain parts of the SAS Log, while
suppressing other parts.  To do this, I use:

PROC RUNSOMETHING;
RUN;

OPTION NONOTES;

PROC WHATEVER;
RUN;

OPTION NOTES.

PROC MORESTUFF;
RUN;

The SAS Log will genereate notes for the execution of RUNSOMETHING and
MORESTUFF, but not for WHATEVER.  Embed any procedures, or your entire
program, within OPTION NONOTES and OPTION NOTES when you want to avoid
looking at extraneous notes in the SAS Log.


Stuart Long
Contractor
Westat
Senior Analyst
919-941-8307



-----Original Message-----
From: domenico [mailto:stataDat@GMAIL.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:32 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: delete the log file when it is too long


I wrote a macro (% do %while + proc iml with 10,000 cycles) that works
properly, but after a large number of cycles get a message asking me to
delete or save the log because it is too long. Then I select the option
"delete the log" and the macro continues to operate. I am not interested
in the log because I am already sure that the macro works. How do I
avoid this message? In practice I would not write the log file. I tried
to run the macro closing the log file, but I get the message anyway.

Thanks to all newsgroups, I am a beginner but thanks your suggestions I
was able to write a file sas in a few days :-)

domenico