# 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 LIGGGHTS(R)-PUBLIC 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.lammps” is the default log file for a LIGGGHTS(R)-PUBLIC run. The name of the initial log file can also be set by the command-line switch -log. See Section_start 6 for details.

## Restrictions

> none

Related commands: none

## Default

The default LIGGGHTS(R)-PUBLIC log file is named log.lammps