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Revision as of 11:50, 20 October 2025

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


Related tags and articles

OUTCAR, IALGO, IBRION, MDALGO, ISIF, ISYM, EDIFF, EDIFFG, Troubleshooting electronic convergence

Examples that use this tag[[]]