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<p class='vspace'>A number of global settings and parameters are described here.
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<div class='vspace'></div><h2>Fields</h2>
<table border='1' ><tr><td width='20%' valign='top'><strong>Field</strong>
</td><td width='20%' valign='top'><strong>Type</strong>
</td><td width='60%' valign='top'><strong>Description</strong>
</td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>name
</td><td valign='top'>normalizedString
</td><td valign='top'>
<p>Model name.<br />Default is null.
</p></td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>description
</td><td valign='top'>string
</td><td valign='top'>
<p>Free format description.
</p></td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>current
</td><td valign='top'>dateTime
</td><td valign='top'>
<p>The 'now' date for the plan.<br />It distinguishes the past from the future.
</p></td></tr><tr><td valign='top'>logfile
</td><td valign='top'>normalizedString
</td><td valign='top'>
<p>File name where all output will be sent to.<br />If left unspecified, the output appears on the standard output.<br />If the filename starts with '+' an existing logfile with the same name is being appended to, instead of being overwritten.
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<div class='vspace'></div><h2>Example XML structures</h2>
<ul><li>Global initialization section
</li></ul><pre> <plan>
<name>Demo model</name>
<description>A demo model demonstrating frePPLe</description>
<current>2007-01-01T00:00:00</current>
<logfile>frepple.log</logfile>
</plan>
</pre><div class='vspace'></div><h2>Example Python code</h2>
<ul><li>Global initialization section
</li></ul><pre> frepple.settings.name = "Plan name"
frepple.settings.description = "Plan description"
frepple.settings.current = datetime.datetime(2007,1,1)
frepple.settings.logfile = "frepple.log"
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