ADFtail window

The ADFtail window is the ADF or BAND logfile, which is generated during an ADF or BAND calculation and flushed after (almost) each message that is sent to it by the ADF program. Consequently the user can inspect it and see what is going on without being delayed by potentially large I/O buffers. Each message contains date and time of the message plus additional information on how far the calculation has progressed.

In the ADFtail main window the last part of the ADF or BAND logfile is shown. Using the scroll bar you can move around in a linear version. At this point using ADFtail is equivalent to using any WYSIWYG-editor. If the logfile file grows during a calculation, ADFtail will update itself and show the text file as it grows (similar to the UNIX tail -f command).