[gmx-users] Magic Number Error

[alessandro casoni]

stop..i found this in the log file:

  Step           Time         Lambda
  688000     1376.00012      0<nul><nul><nul><nul>nul><nul><nul><nul>...

Il giorno lun, 28/01/2008 alle 12.26 +0100, alessandro casoni ha
scritto:
> well, I generated xtc file on a different system..but other files
> generate in the same way appear to be ok..
> 
> The size is correct..
> Il giorno lun, 28/01/2008 alle 21.51 +1100, Mark Abraham ha scritto:
> > alessandro casoni wrote:
> > > Dear GMX-USERS,
> > > I have a little problem...when I use g_covar I get this message:
> > > 
> > > Program g_covar, VERSION 3.3.2
> > > Source code file: xtcio.c, line: 83
> > > 
> > > Fatal error:
> > > Magic Number Error in XTC file (read 0, should be 1995)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ..could you help me?
> > 
> > Use ls -l to check that your .xtc file has non-zero size. Otherwise, 
> > you've somehow managed to mangle the file so that the "magic" numbers at 
> > the start of the file (which confirm to GROMACS that this binary file is 
> > indeed suitably-constructed .xtc trajectory data) are not correct. This 
> > should not be caused merely by moving from big- to little-endian 
> > architecture (or vice-versa), but if you generated it on a different 
> > system to the one on which you're running g_covar, this would be a point 
> > of interest.
> > 
> > Mark
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