In batch SAS sessions,
the SAS procedure output and the SAS log are written by default to
files named
filename.LST and
filename.LOG,
respectively, where
filename is
the name of your SAS job. For example, if your SYSIN file is MYPROG.SAS,
the procedure output file is named MYPROG.LST, and the log file is
named MYPROG.LOG. However, you can override these default filenames
and send your output to any file that you choose. For example, suppose
that your job contains the following statements, which assign the
fileref MYOUTPUT to the file C:\SAS\FIRST.TXT. Then the PROC PRINTTO
statement tells SAS to send any upcoming SAS procedure output to the
file that is associated with MYOUTPUT.
filename myoutput 'c:\sas\first.txt';
proc printto print=myoutput;
run;
data uspres;
input pres $ party $ number;
datalines;
Adams F 2
;
run;
proc print;
run;
Any PROC or DATA statements
that follow these statements and that generate output send their output
to the C:\SAS\FIRST.TXT file, not to the default procedure output
file. If you want to return to the default file, issue an empty PROC
PRINTTO statement like the following example:
proc printto;
run;
data uspres2;
input pres $ party $ number;
datalines;
Lincoln R 16
Grant R 18
;
run;
proc print;
run;
Issuing these statements
redirects the SAS procedure output to the default destination (filename.LST).
In this way, you can send the output and log from different parts
of the same SAS job to different files.
Note: If you route procedure
output to a file, the resulting file can contain carriage–control
characters. To suppress these control characters when you include
the file in the Program Editor, set the RECFM= option to P in the
FILENAME statement. Note that this action affects how the file is
read into the Program Editor, not the file itself.
If
you want to send the SAS log to a specific file, use the LOG= option
instead of the PRINT= option in the PROC PRINTTO statement. For more
information about the PRINTTO procedure, see
PRINTTO Procedure: Windows and
Base SAS Procedures Guide.
Note: When you use the PRINTTO
procedure to route SAS procedure output or the SAS log, the Status window
does not reflect any rerouting of batch output but indicates that
it is routing the procedure output file and log to filename.LST
and filename.LOG.