[gmx-users] Runtime need of cpp.exe

[Tsjerk Wassenaar]

Hi Utkal,

Cpp.exe is called by grompp to preprocess the topology.

Tsjerk

On 7/18/07, Utkal Ranjan Pradhan <urpradhan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thank you for your reply.
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> But still confused WHY CPP.EXE IS REQUIRED AT RUNTIME ?
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> (Note that, I can build gromacs without cpp.exe with MS VS 2005, but while
> running applications like mdrun, it looks for cpp.exe L)
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> Thank You;
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> URPradhan At Gmail Dot Com
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> David van der Spoel wrote:
> > Utkal Ranjan Pradhan wrote:
> >> Friends
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> As I know cpp.exe is a GNU port for C Preprocessor for Windows and
> >> which is required to compile the Gromacs code.
> >>
> >> But I'm confused, Why it is required during runtime of Gromacs
> >> applications ?
> >>
> >> And I have the Win32 version of cpp.exe, will it work for x64 (=Win64) ?
> >>
> >> What is the Windows native equivalent of cpp.exe ? Is it cl.exe ?
> >>
> >> How can I remove the runtime dependency of cpp.exe for gromacs
> >> applications ?
> >
> > by writing an implementation of the cpp and donating it to the gromacs
> > project. In fact, it wouldn't be so hard, since we are only using a few
> > features in practice:
> > #include
> > #ifdef #else #endif
> > #define
> >
> > Please provide a simple C program that takes a file, searches for these
> > commands and does the same what the cpp does.
> >
> >
> see also
> http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Cpp_replacement
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