The xsl:message instruction is designed for this purpose. You will need to
look at your particular processor's documentation to see how to direct the
message output to a file. In Saxon it is written to the standard error
output, which you can direct to a file from the command line, e.g. 2>log.xml

Michael Kay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Kohnert [mailto:J.Kohnert@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 23 June 2004 12:56
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:  Writing an Var into a file
> 
> Hello List,
> 
> I have the Var calles $This.
> 
> For debuging reasons I want to output the variable into a 
> output XML file. 
> The XML file is not the same as the general sytelsheets 
> output. In the end I
> want to have two files. The general output, and the XML file including
> "$This".
> 
> I was thinking about using something similiar to this:
>  <xsl:copy-of select="document('This.xml')/$This)"/>
> 
> But that did not work.
> 
> Do You have an idea of how I could copy $This inot this.xml?
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
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