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	Mandatory?	Allowed values
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	❌
pickle_paths	dict	Associates accelerator names with pickle files. Check dedicated notebook<notebooks-pickling>.	❌

See also the TraceWin compatibility note.