On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Dimitriy V. Masterov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to automatically close the log file when
> there is a dofile error of some sort. I always forget to type -log close-
> and then I get an error when I run my corrected dofile when it gets to
> the -log using...- section.
>
I think that this will accomplish what you want.
I use the following log command in my .do files:
log using xxx.log, replace
When I run the .do file after fixing my mistake, the replace option
replaces the old version of the .log file with the new version.
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