[gmx-users] using the correct .rtp files

[David L. Bostick]

Hi,

setenv GMXDATA directory_name

where directory_name = old /share directory from previous gmx installation.

David

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On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Paul Barrett wrote:

> Hi
>
> Summary:
> --------
>
> What is the (environment?) variable I need to change to get a new
> installation of GROMACS to use the /top files from a previous
> installation. (I may not edit the /top files from the new
> installation.)
>
> i.e. How do I redirect GROMACS to look in my old /top directory for .rtp
> files
>
> Background
> ----------
>
> I have been using GROMACS for a while successfully.
>
> I now want to run a version of GROMACS owned by another group. By
> sourcing the appropriate GMXRC my machine correctly runs using the new
> copy of the program
>
> However I want to continue to use the old files from /top , for example
> ffGMX43a1.rtp which I have edited.
>
> I thought it would be a case of setenv $GMXDATA to the directory that
> contains /top, however this does not work: e.g. pdb2gmx continues to
> refer to the /top files in the new installation.
>
> Indeed if I change $GMXDATA to somewhere altogether wrong pdb2gmx
> continues to use the /top from the new installation.
>
> I have got it to work by copying the .rtp (etc) files in to the
> directory where I am running pdb2gmx but this is not an acceptable long
> term solution for me.
>
> How do I redirect GROMACS to look in my old /top directory?
>
> many thanks
>
> Paul Barrett
> University of Oxford
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