[gmx-users] using the correct .rtp files

[Paul Barrett]

Thanks David.

What do you make of the experience I described in the background that
shows the GMXDATA variable does not seem to work.

Paul

>
>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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