LOG file won't close

[Therese Rebiere]

Dear all,

I am facing a problem for which I didn't find anything on the Internet.
I am running a master do-file containing several sub do-files. I wanted to save the output using as much log files as I have calculus procedures in my master do-file. Unfortunately, the first log first won't close. Stata tells me "no log file open" and stop running. Then, when I try to rerun my master do-file, Stata tells me "log file already open". Removing "log close" and using "capture log close" at the beginning of the master do-file prevent Stata from stopping, but then my log files never stops and keep recording the entire outputs which is not what I want...

Here is a piece of code from the master do-file:

# delimit ;

log using"D:\Results\alone.log", replace name(alone);

use "D:\Data\merged_14-13-12.dta", clear;
quietly do "D:\Do_files\CLEANING1.do";
quietly do "D:\Do_files\CLASS1.do";
do "D:\Do_files\METHOD1.do";
clear;

log close;

log using"D:\Results\alone2.log", replace name(alone2);

use "D:\Data\merged_11-10-09.dta", clear;
quietly do "D:\Do_files\CLEANING1.do";
quietly do "D:\Do_files\CLASS1.do";
do "D:\Do_files\METHOD1.do";
clear;

log close;

I don't now if it helps but note that each sub do-file contains "clear" or "clear all" codes and "quietly{}" codes.

Here is the Stata output at the end of the first run and the beginning of the second run:

..............
. save "D:\Data\morg_new1.dta", replace;
file D:\Data\morg_new1.dta saved

.
end of do-file

. clear;

. log close;
no log file open
r(606);

end of do-file

r(606);

. do "D:\Do_files\MASTER_SHEET.do"

. # delimit ;
delimiter now ;

. log using"D:\Results\alone.log", replace name (alone);
log file already open
r(604);

end of do-file

r(604);

Anyone with an idea of what is going on? I'm using Stata 12 64bits.

[Therese Rebiere]

I think I fixed my problem.
2 mistakes in the code:
- A space was missing after each "log using"
- Naming a log requires to call the name when closing it.