Restricting size of Log when running SAS in Batch mode?

[MarkEmmett]

Hi,
I've inherited some SAS code from a colleague, which involves different processes being run in Batch mode. Occasionally one of the processes gets stuck in an indefinite loop, and I often don't find out until the log file gets so large it fills up the disk space.

Is there any way I can monitor the log, so that SAS will stop the process once it gets to a certain critical size?

Any help or ideas would be very much appreciated!

Thanks,
Mark

 

[ChrisW75]

Best bet is to fix the piece of code which produces the infinite loop.
If it's a DO loop, I usually put a counter in there then break from the loop if it reaches a certain threshold. You could then add in some error handling process.
the ABEND command might be useful to you, as it will cause SAS to end abnormally (ie with an error status).

Chris
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