[gmx-users] Re: cpp default location for mac osX in .mdp files

[Anton Feenstra]

Ing. Vojtěch Spiwok wrote:
[...]
> I suppose that most gmx users have a couple of .mdp files (a kind
> of cookbook) eg. one for minimisation, one for MD with cut-off
> electrostatics, one for MD with PME etc. and for each simulation
> they just copy them to a given directory, rename and modifie them
> for specific purpouse so you need to modify cpp location only in
> these "cookbook" files.

Yes - that is how I usually do it. I also have a scheme with one
'mother.mdp' file, which is modified automatically (by a script)
for EM, MD, position restraints, inclusion of solvent, nsteps, etc.
That is to make sure all other parameters (cut-off, T/P coupling
etc.) are identical between the different runs.

> The cpp location in mdout.mdp file is
> based on mdp input of grompp (I hope!)

Certainly!

> and mdout.mdp file
> only reviews the input of grompp as it contains all parameters
> (including default ones).

Right. When I use a modified .mdp file for the first time, I always
compare my input .mdp file against the mdout.mdp (using e.g. diff or
xdiff), to see whether grompp has interpreted everyting as I want it.

> I think (but I'm not sure) that cpp is only
> necesary for grompp but not for mdrun.

Right: grompp uses cpp as the first stage in processing your .top and
.itp files. Other than that, it is not used (certainly not by mdrun).


-- 
Groetjes,

Anton
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