From 85539765d0d0b34db5e49a5967c4d60468bd2f15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Kohlmeyer Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 10:24:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] update docs about thermo_modify flush --- doc/src/thermo_modify.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/thermo_modify.rst b/doc/src/thermo_modify.rst index fc8f66b90b..6d56f60276 100644 --- a/doc/src/thermo_modify.rst +++ b/doc/src/thermo_modify.rst @@ -96,9 +96,11 @@ always include a divide by the number of atoms in the variable formula if this is not the case. The *flush* keyword invokes a flush operation after thermodynamic info -is written to the log file. This insures the output in that file is -current (no buffering by the OS), even if LAMMPS halts before the -simulation completes. +is written to the screen and log file. This insures the output is +updated and not buffered (by the application) even if LAMMPS halts +before the simulation completes. Please note that this does not +affect buffering by the OS or devices, so you may still lose data +in case the simulation stops due to a hardware failure. The *line* keyword determines whether thermodynamics will be output as a series of numeric values on one line or in a multi-line format with