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title: The Log
description: "*Menu path: File > Show Log* The log shows messages generated by Data Crow. This is normally not very interesting to look at (unless you are curious). It is however a good place to look at in case of unexpected…"
url: "https://datacrow.org/docs/the-log/"
updated: "2023-03-24"
category: System Tools
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# The Log

*Menu path: File > Show Log*

The log shows messages generated by Data Crow. This is normally not very interesting to look at (unless you are curious). It is however a good place to look at in case of unexpected behaviour. The information found here is also written to the log file. The log file is located in the user folder you selected when you initially installed Data Crow. The file is called 'data_crow.log'.

Below you see a screen shot of the log. If you are really interested in all the events going on in Data Crow or if you are debugging an error for example, you could start Data Crow with the -debug option, using the [startup parameters](https://datacrow.org/docs/starting-data-crow/), to get the full brunt of messages.

![](https://datacrow.org/wp-content/uploads/afbeelding-11.png)

# System Information

The System Information tab gives you an indication of the used memory and the directories in use.

![](https://datacrow.org/wp-content/uploads/afbeelding-12.png)

Explanation of each of the fields;

- **Data Crow version**
  *The current version in user*.
- **Connector**
  *Specifies how Data Crow is operating. You will see here either **DirectConnector**or **ClientToServerConnector*****.**
- **Data Crow system file**
  *This is the file that holds the information on where the user folder is located.*
- **Installation folder**
  *The location where Data Crow is installed*.
- **User folder**
  *The location where Data Crow stores its data.*
- **Database**
  *The name of the database. dc is the standard name, a different o*ne can be specified using [startup parameters.](https://datacrow.org/docs/starting-data-crow/#startup-parameters)
- **Database Driver**
  *The driver defines how Data Crow connects to the database.*
- **Memory maximum**
  *The maximum amount of memory available to Data Crow*.
- **Memory available**
  *The amount of memory currently available to Data Crow. This is the maximum minus the used memory.*
- **Memory used**
  *The amount of memory currently in use by Data Crow.*
- **Java version**
  *The version of Java used to start this session of Data Crow.*
- **Operating system**
  *Your operating system and its version*.