/LOG_FILE=filespec /NOLOG_FILE Controls whether a log file with the specified name is created for the job or whether a log file is created. When you use the /LOG_FILE qualifier, the system writes the log file to the file you specify. If you use the /NOLOG_FILE qualifier, no log file is created. If you specify neither form of the qualifier, the log file is written to a file in your default directory that has the same file name as the first command file in the job and a file type of .LOG. Using neither the /LOG_FILE nor the /NOLOG_FILE qualifier is the default. You can use the /LOG_FILE qualifier to specify that the log file be written to a different device. Logical names that occur in the file specification are translated at the time the job is submitted. The process executing the batch job must have access to the device on which the log file will reside. If you omit the /LOG_FILE qualifier and specify the /NAME qualifier, the log file is written to a file having the same file name as that specified by the /NAME qualifier and the file type .LOG.