# LOGDIR > [HTML Version](logdir_sp.htm) **LOGDIR=** Examples: LOGDIR=/vm/miame/dsk0/001002 LOGDIR=C:\\TEMP LOGDIR=\$MIAME/log LOGDIR allows you to specify a directory for the A-Shell log file (ashlog.log); absent any such specification, the log will be found in the same directory as miame.ini. You must specify a directory using native operating system syntax, but you may optionally include environment variable names (such as \$MIAME in one of the examples above.)