Re: st: executing commands on exit

[Roger Newson <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

One possibility (if you want to put your Stata commands in a do-file, 
which is usually a good idea) is to use the -dolog- package, 
downloadable from SSC(in its Stata 12 version) or from my website at

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/

(in earlier Stata versions). Once -dolog- is installed, you can type

dolog mydofile

and Stata will execute the do-file -mydofile.do- and output the log to 
-mydofile.log-.

The alternative (if you want to log your whole Stata session to 1 log 
file) is to do as you suggest, but to remember to type

log close

just before exit.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes

Roger


Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
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On 13/09/2011 13:54, A. Berâ wrote:
> Dear Stata Users,
>
>      How can I make Stata open a log file (with a name say temp)
> automatically when it starts and close it automatically when I exit
> Stata?
>
> I know I can put
>
> .log using temp.log, name(temp)
>
> in profile.do, but I don't know how to close it automatically when I
> exit Stata. Thanks.
>
> --
> abdullah berâ
>
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