[gmx-users] Re: genbox glitch on Windows port?

[K.A. Feenstra]

Erik Lindahl wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I'm not using the Windows version myself, so it can take a couple of
> days before
> I even check problems, but we'll definitely fix it.
> 
> >
> >I noticed a rather interesting bug with genbox when running on Windows 2000
> >pro. Genbox completely erases the contents of my top file when I run it in
> >the Windows command line.  This is not a big problem because I can just
> >leave the top filename out of the command line and edit the file later to
> >include the number of solvent molecules.
> >
> Oops. Thanks for letting me know; I'll debug it and see what the problem
> is. The file input/output is slightly different in windows.

I think genbox first opens the file for reading, then for writing (without
closing it for reading). Since a backup file is made ('#topol.top#'), on 
Unix systems we will now be reading from the backup file and write to the 
new file. Apparently, this is not the case on MS-W. I knew it was a dirty
trick when I wrote it, and I am sorry I never got around to writing it 
more sensibly... ;-{


-- 
Groetjes,

Anton
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