[gmx-users] error in GMXRC (fwd)

[Ben Simons]

> 
> I've managed to compile gromacs without the mpi option.
> I think there's a few typo's in the GMXRC file created.
> 

Actually, I've tried the various different shells, and none
of them except tcsh work properly. I normally use zsh. I suspect
the developers must use tcsh...

eg.

% source GMXRC
UX:csh: SV=0: complete - Command not found
UX:csh: SV=0: complete - Command not found
UX:csh: SV=0: complete - Command not found
UX:csh: SV=0: complete - Command not found
UX:csh: SV=0: complete - Command not found
UX:csh: SV=0: complete - Command not found
UX:csh: SV=0: complete - Command not found
:
:

IMHO, it's been to keep this script SIMPLE - it's just not worth
having a "clever" script which can tell which shell you are running.
Especially when it doesn't work. There are too many "shell tricks"
going on in there to know how to "fix" it for any given shell. eg.
if I fix it for zsh, do I then break it for csh!?!

For my 2-cents, I would recommend different (simple) scripts to
source for each shell-variant. That way as a sys-admin I don't
need to wade through irrelevant code.

cheers,
ben.
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