System Options under OpenVMS

ALTLOG= System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log.

Default:	none
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation,VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVFILES
OpenVMS specifics:	valid values for destination; syntax

Syntax
Details
See Also

Syntax

ALTLOG=file-specification

NOALTLOG

ALTLOG=file-specification: specifies a destination for a copy of the sas log. The file-specification argument can be SYS$PRINT (the default print queue); your current display, SYS$OUTPUT (the default output stream); or an OpenVMS pathname. All messages written to the SAS log are written to the destination.
NOALTLOG: specifies that the SAS log is not to be copied.

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, redefine the SYS$PRINT logical name to the queue that you want to use.

Note: ALTLOG= replaces the following options from earlier releases of SAS: LDISK, LPRINT, and LTYPE. [cautionend]

Note: When SAS is started with the OBJECTSERVER and NOTERMINAL system options and no log is specified, SAS discards all log and alternate log messages. [cautionend]