log command

Syntax:

log file keyword

• file = name of new logfile
• keyword = append if output should be appended to logfile (optional)

Examples:

log log.equil
log log.equil append

Description:

This command closes the current SPARTA log file, opens a new file with the specified name, and begins logging information to it. If the specified file name is none, then no new log file is opened. If the optional keyword append is specified, then output will be appended to an existing log file, instead of overwriting it.

If multiple processor partitions are being used, the file name should be a variable, so that different processors do not attempt to write to the same log file.

The file “log.sparta” is the default log file for a SPARTA run. The name of the initial log file can also be set by the command-line switch -log. See Section 2.6 for details.

Restrictions:

none

Related commands:

none

Default:

The default SPARTA log file is named log.sparta