NWRITE = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| Default: | 2 |
This flag determines how much will be written to the file OUTCAR ('verbosity flag').
| NWRITE | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| contributions to electronic energy | ||||
| at each electronic iteration | f | f | e | e |
| convergence information | f | f | e | e |
| eigenvalues | f+l | i | i | e |
| DOS + charge density | f+l | i | i | e |
| total energy | ||||
| and their contributions | i | i | i | i |
| stress | i | i | i | i |
| basis-vectors | f+l | i | i | i |
| forces | f+l | i | i | i |
| timing-information | X | X |
| f+l | first and last ionic step |
| f | first ionic step |
| i | each ionic step |
| e | each electronic step |
| X | when applicable |
For long MD-runs use NWRITE=0 or NWRITE=1. For short runs use NWRITE=2. NWRITE=3 might give information if something goes wrong. NWRITE=4 is for debugging only.