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+# Logging of remote job submission operations
+
+To enable logging of remote job submission operations, add
+```
+<remote_submit_log>filename</remote_submit_log>
+```
+to your config.xml file, specifying the name of the log file.
+This file will be created in the director specified by \<log_dir> in config.xml.
+It contains a log of operations and error messages.
+
+For debugging purposes, it can be handy to see the XML request messages
+of the operations.
+To see these, add
+```
+<remote_submit_request_log>filename</remote_submit_request_log>
+```
+to your config.xml file, specifying the name of the log file.