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Specify the name of the results file


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**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* STRING

- *Default:* Unix temp files


**Description**


The results file must be written by the analysis driver.
It is read by Dakota to determine the response values for
each function evaluation.

The name of the file can be optionally specified using
the ``results_file`` keyword.

If this is not specified, the default data transfer files are
temporary files with system-generated names (e.g.,
``/tmp/dakota_results_aaaa0886``).