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Basic Principles
Log files are important for applications that need to manage a persistent set of rows from a table or layer. For example, after identifying a set of features, the application can maintain a list of these specific features so that subsequent operations process only the identified features.

Log file functions use two types of names. Some functions require a simple name that is the log file name only. Functions that allow read/write access by the owner use simple log file names. The second type of name combines a user name and the log file name; for example, user name\file name. Legal delimiters between the user name and file name are the , . \ ; characters. User name\file names are primarily used for read-only log files where other users are allowed access to the log file.

See also

Architecture of Log Files
Types of Log Files
Log File Configuration Parameters
Log File Pooling and Caching
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