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I don't have my notebook available for some days, hence I was trying to answer to a TeX.SE question using Overleaf.

I've realized, unfortunately, that Overleaf hasn't the most recent release of the packages (for example, biblatex).

I would like to see the versions used, adding \listfiles at the top of my code but it doesn't work.

\listfiles 
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\begin{document}
\just to create an error and get the log on Overleaf 
\end{document}
CarLaTeX
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    You don't need an error in order for \listfiles doing its work. – egreg Dec 03 '16 at 08:43
  • @egreg I need an error to see the log on Overleaf (at least I don't know how to get it in another way :) ) – CarLaTeX Dec 03 '16 at 08:46
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    A warning would also let you "open the log", so \ref{foo} ;-) – imnothere Dec 03 '16 at 08:54
  • @LianTzeLim Yes, of course, what I mean is that you don't get the log on Overleaf if your code ends OK. – CarLaTeX Dec 03 '16 at 08:56
  • oh sorry. Perhaps this? https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/265726/embed-nicely-formatted-listfiles-into-document – imnothere Dec 03 '16 at 09:14
  • @LianTzeLim Your first suggestion (to create a warning) works, sorry for not having tested it carefully before, thank you! However, Torbjørn T. has posted a solution to get the log even if the code is without errors or warnings. – CarLaTeX Dec 03 '16 at 16:28
  • Overleaf should always allow to look at the log file: it contains *essential* information even if there are no warnings or errors. If it's not possible, then it's a big mistake on their part. – egreg Dec 03 '16 at 16:41
  • @egreg It's possible to get the log, see Torbjørn T. answer, ciao! – CarLaTeX Dec 03 '16 at 16:48
  • @CarLaTeX Well, I don't consider downloading the whole project a real solution. – egreg Dec 03 '16 at 17:01
  • @egreg Actually, you're right, it is not very convenient! – CarLaTeX Dec 03 '16 at 17:15
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    (Overleaf co-founder here.) Thanks for the feedback! Agree that better log handling would be helpful. It's on our TODO list. – jdleesmiller Dec 04 '16 at 13:26

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This is quite a pain, but if you download a ZIP-file of the project, then you can choose Input and Output files. The .log file will be included in the ZIP when using that option.

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Torbjørn T.
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