NWRITE

NWRITE = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Default: NWRITE = 2

Description: This tag determines how much will be written to the file OUTCAR ('verbosity tag').

The options for NWRITE are given in detail as

Feature	NWRITE = 0	NWRITE = 1	NWRITE = 2	NWRITE = 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 electronic contributions	i	i	i	i
Stress	i	i	i	i
Basis vectors	f+l	i	i	i
Forces	f+l	i	i	i
Lattice and space group information for ISYM>0	f	f	f	f
Symmetry operations for ISYM>0				f
Timing information			X	X

where the following abbreviations have been used

Code	Meaning
f+l	first and last ionic step
f	first ionic step
i	each ionic step
e	each electronic step
X	when applicable

Tip: For long molecular-dynamics runs, use NWRITE = 0 or NWRITE = 1. For short runs use NWRITE = 2. NWRITE = 3 might give information if something goes wrong.

Important: NWRITE = 4 is for debugging only.

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