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ALTLOG

Default:	NOALTLOG
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Windows specifics:	destination must resolve to a valid Windows path or filename

ALTLOG destination

specifies the destination for a copy of the SAS log. The destination argument can be a valid Windows pathname or filename (including device names) or an environment variable associated with a pathname. If you specify only a pathname, the copy is placed in a file in the specified directory, with a name of filename.LOG, where filename is the name of your SAS job. If you are running SAS interactively and specify only a pathname, the log is written to a file named SAS.LOG within that path.

NOALTLOG

suppresses the creation of a copy of the SAS log.

Details

The ALTLOG system option specifies a destination to which a copy of the SAS log is written. Use the ALTLOG system option to capture log output for printing.

To send the SAS log to a printer other than the default printer, use a valid Windows printer name for the destination value.

Note:   ALTLOG replaces the following system options from earlier versions of the SAS System: LDISK, LPRINT, and LTYPE.  

See Also

• Routing Procedure Output and the SAS Log to a File

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