Every Mechanical APDL session generates a session log named Jobname.LOG. (Jobname is determined by the jobname defined at Mechanical APDL entry . (See Running the Mechanical APDL Program). The default jobname is FILE (or file, depending on the operating system).
Mechanical APDL opens the log file when you first enter the program, and closes it when you exit.
The session log file provides a complete command record of your Mechanical APDL session. The file provides a means of recovering from a system crash or catastrophic user mistake. By reading in a renamed copy of your log file (or by submitting it as a batch file), you can re-execute every command in the log file, recreating your database exactly as it existed previously. (For more information, see Using the Database Command Log.)
The log file is also useful as a debugging tool that can help to reveal any mistakes you might have made in a session. If you require help when debugging a session, your Support Representative almost always asks for a copy of your log file.
Each new session appends commands to the existing file Jobname.log. (That is, the log file is not overwritten during a new session, but added to.) A time stamp is included so that you can identify the start of each session. Issue /FILNAME,1 to start a new log file for the session.
You can list your entire log file during an interactive run (). As an ASCII format file, you can view and edit it using any external text editor.
In a distributed-memory parallel run, the log file has a different name on each process. (See Differences in General Behavior in the Parallel Processing Guide for information on the file naming convention used in a distributed-memory parallel run.) lists the master process log file, Jobname0.LOG, by default. Use to list the log files on worker processes.