Stata Log
-log- wraps logging facilities.
Usage
log using "path/to/file" log close
Stata's rich log format uses the .smcl file extension.
If the text option is specified, or if the file extension is one of .log or .txt, then a plaintext log will instead be created.
Temporarily Disabling Logging
Some output should not be recorded. Try:
log off display "Rather than running commands quietly, temporarily turn off logging. log on
Stored Results
-log- stores the following details:
log name in r(name)
log filename in r(filename)
logging status (on or off) in r(status)
log type (smcl or text) in r(type)
log query _all stores the number of open logs in r(numlogs). For each open log, it stores the above details as e.g. r(name1), r(name2), and so on.
See also
Stata manual chapter 15: Saving and printing output-log files