you could use proc printto to output your log into a text file or into catalog.

On 11/8/05, Billy Robinson <bvsnbthd@tulane.edu> wrote: > > Hi all! long time lurker first time poster, > > I have a fairly lengthy monte carlo simulation which runs several PROCs > and datasteps within each of several hundred thousand iterations. In > order to save resources and eyestrain I have turned all notes and output > off using the statements > > options nonotes; > ods listing close; > > However, at every PROC I get the following in my log > > WARNING: No output destinations active > > Which repeats about a gajillion times and eventually fills up my log > buffer > and hangs the program until I clear it - which means I basically have to > watch it like a hawk. Other than batching the job, is there any way in 9.1 > to eliminate this warning so that my program can run without having to be > monitored by me? > > thanks in advance > billy > > Billy Robinson, Ph.D. > Biostatistician > LA Office of Public Health > 234 Loyola Ave: 5th Floor > New Orleans, LA 70112 > 504 568 5200 >

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