SASTRACELOC= System Option

Writes trace information to a specified location.

Valid in:	OPTIONS statement, configuration file, SAS invocation
Default:	stdout
Supports:	All

Syntax

Details

Example

Syntax

SASTRACELOC= stdout | SASLOG | FILE 'path-and-filename'

Syntax Description

stdout: specifies to write the trace information to the default output location for your operating environment. This is the default setting.

SASLOG: specifies to write the trace information to the SAS log.

FILE 'path-and-filename': specifies to write the trace information to an external file. You must enclose the external file specification in quotation marks.

Details

SASTRACELOC= enables you to specify where to put the trace messages that are generated by SASTRACE=. By default, the output goes to the default output location for your operating environment. You can send the output to a SAS log by specifying SASTRACELOC=SASLOG.

Note: This option and its values might differ for each host.

Example: Specifying the SASTRACELOC= System Option

The following example on a PC platform writes the trace information to the TRACE.LOG file in the work directory on the C drive.

options sastrace=',,,d' sastraceloc=file 'c:\work\trace.log';