[gmx-users] file too big?

[Francesco Tordini]

> Hi,
>=20
> Having the same problem (saved too many data :-) ) and being
> in the same group as Anton Feenstra (our GROMACS expert), we were
> able to at least break down the big file into smaller pieces using
'split=
'.
> You have to know the number of frames, the filesize and then
> divide the filesize by frames+1. This will give you the
> size per frame. And then you can make the chunks you want....
>=20
> Hope this helps (at least it worked for me, thanks to Anton)

It works well with file .trr, but in my case i need to split the .xtc
file (the .trr file was too big for my disk and i save it only every
5000fs for restarting dynamics), and it don't seems to work. Do you know
if this method applies also to .xtc files?

Cheers

Francesco

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Dr. Francesco Tordini
Università di Milano-Bicocca
Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze
P.zza della Scienza, 2 - 20126 Milano
Tel.  0264483473 / Fax. 0264483478
cell. 3282794451
email tordini at tiscalinet.it