Dear statalist,
Richard Williams recently wrote:
Also, I like to have every session automatically logged. So, in my
profile.do file, I have the commands
log using d:\statalogs\mylog.txt, replace text
cmdlog using d:\statalogs\mycmd.txt, replace
These files will get overwritten each time you restart Stata, so you need
to rename them ASAP if you want to keep them. For more info, see
I found a solution to this a few years by writing a small program
(called -autolog-) which makes a dialogue box come up everytime I
start Stata (by placing a command in my profile.do file). Autolog has
been lodged with ssc archives. To obtain it, just type:
findit autolog
or
ssc install autolog
The following is a brief description of autolog, from the help file:
autolog is a utility designed for use in Stata's profile.do
file (though it can be used interactively if desired).
autolog causes a dialogue box to pop up every time Stata starts
and prompts the user for a filename for the log file. This allows
the user to easily enter project filenames depending on what analysis
is underway. autolog is also designed to overcome the common
frustration of forgetting to send output to a log file at the
start of a session.
The input required for the command line (using) is the filename of the
default file where output will be sent when no filename is entered
in the dialogue box. This happens when the user presses Esc when
confronted by the dialogue box. A typical name might be "basic" or
"default". See examples below.
Kind regards,
Ian
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Ian Watson
Senior Researcher
acirrt
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia
Phone: 02 9351 5622
Fax: 02 9351 5622
Email: [email protected]
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