files section (mandatory)

This section is mandatory to initialize an Accelerator. It must contain the key dat_file, which is the path to the linac structure file (same format as TraceWin).

Entry	Type	Description	Allowed values	Mandatory?
dat_file	str or Path	Path to the .dat file		✅
logfile_console_level	str	Level of messages written in console	(‘DEBUG’, ‘INFO’, ‘WARNING’, ‘ERROR’, ‘CRITICAL’)	❌
logfile_file	str	Name of the file where the logging output will be written		❌
logfile_log_level	str	Level of messages written in logfile	(‘DEBUG’, ‘INFO’, ‘WARNING’, ‘ERROR’, ‘CRITICAL’)	❌
project_folder	str or Path	Where output results will be stored		❌

See also the TraceWin compatibility note.