The Default Routings for the SAS Log and Procedure Output in UNIX Environments

For each SAS job or session, SAS automatically creates two types of output:

SAS log

contains information about the processing of SAS statements. As each program step executes, notes are written to the SAS log along with any applicable error or warning messages.

SAS output

is also called the procedure output file or print file. Whenever a SAS program executes a PROC step or a DATA step that produces printed output, SAS sends the output to the SAS output file. The default destination for SAS output is HTML.

The following table shows the default routings of the SAS log and output files.

Default Routings of the SAS Log and Output Files

Processing Mode	SAS Log File	SAS Output File
batch	`filename.log`	`filename.lst`
windowing environment	Log window	HTML
interactive line	terminal	terminal

By default, both the log file and the output file are written to your current directory. Your system administrator might have changed these default routings.