---
name: "logNetwork"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Multiplayer", "Diagnostic"]
arma3_since: "1.56"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/logNetwork
revid: 376352
updated: 2025-10-07T21:20:01Z
---

# logNetwork

*Command · Multiplayer, Diagnostic · Arma 3 v1.56*

## Description

Registers new log file recording a network traffic and returns handle of the log. The log file is saved inside the Arma 3 root folder.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> [logNetwork](../commands/logNetwork.md) can potentially create a large log file.

## Syntax

```sqf
logNetwork [logFile, filter]
```

**Parameters:**

- `logFile`: [String](../topics/String.md) - where to store the log
- `filter`: [Array](../topics/Array.md) of [String](../topics/String.md)s - (Optional) ????

**Returns:** [Number](../topics/Number.md) - handle for the logging

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_handle = logNetwork ["myLog.txt", [""]];
```

## See also

[logNetworkTerminate](../commands/logNetworkTerminate.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — logNetwork](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/logNetwork) (revision 376352).</sub>