Renzo Comolli
> I usually log the entire do file execution and I would like
> to keep it like that.
> Moreover, I would like to open a second log within the
> first log in order to
> log only little pieces of the execution, usually tables or
> regression output
> with -reformat- (the best command, for some purposes).
> This is only for time saving purposes. So far I logged all and then
> cut-paste pieces. But this could potentially amount to huge
> time savings for
> me.
>
> I of course used -findit- and read the manual and even
> reverse-engineered
> part of the (for me complicated) -outreg- to see whether I
> could do this
> somehow better, but to no avail.
This is an interesting problem. I'll consider
only _one_ level of nesting. That is, you want something
like
. log using A
...
. <also log using B1>
...
. <close log using B1>
...
. <also log using B2>
...
. <close log using B2>
...
. log close A
I have three lines of thought on tackling
this.
0. Using both -log- and -cmdlog-. This
would, I think, need two passes
to produce parent log and child(ren) log(s).
1. Set up your own conventions using comment
lines
* start filename.ext
...
* end filename.ext
and write something to look for such blocks
within a log file and write them out to filename.ext.
This is possible with scripting languages,
better text editors, or with Stata itself.
2. One suggestion that has been made previously
(Boston, some breakfast, March 2003) is a -to- command, which
might work like this
. to <filename>, <to_options> : <command>
e.g.
to regress.log : regress hausman heckman1 strangeman heckman2
would send the results of -regress hausman heckman1 strangeman
heckman2- to the file regress.log -- irrespective
of what -log- or -cmdlog- was in force.
Some obvious possibilities are
. to <filename>, append : <whatever>
. to <filename>, replace : <whatever>
To repeat, this was just a _suggestion_. It could
be done crudely with an ado, but subtly would I
think be a job for Stata Corp. But would
anybody use it if it existed?
Nick
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