diff --git a/src/user-guide/running-workflows/running-workflows.rst b/src/user-guide/running-workflows/running-workflows.rst index 0b94e410a2..9964470dc6 100644 --- a/src/user-guide/running-workflows/running-workflows.rst +++ b/src/user-guide/running-workflows/running-workflows.rst @@ -180,18 +180,14 @@ Configuration Logs At startup a folder ``log/flow-config`` is created to record the workflow configuration, with all templating expanded: -- ``flow-processed.cylc`` - A record of the current workflow configuration - with templating expanded, but without being fully parsed: Duplicate sections - will not be merged. -- ``-`` - A record of the config at - the time a workflow was started, restarted or reloaded, parsed by Cylc: - Duplicate sections will be merged. +- ``flow-processed.cylc`` - the current workflow configuration + with templating expanded, and duplicate sections unmerged. +- ``-`` - the config at each time the workflow + was started, restarted, or reloaded; with duplicate sections merged. .. note:: - These are particularly useful files to look at if you are working with a - workflow definition containing many template variables as these are filled - in these files. + Look at these files to see the result of templating in the workflow config. .. _The Workflow Contact File: