[gmx-users] problems trying to run gmx with the size of $PATH

[Berk Hess]

Hi,

I guess the problem is in src/gmxlib/futil.c,
where several string buffers that contain the path are of size 512.
In Gromacs 4.1 they will be 4096.
You can try replacing all numbers 512 by 4096 in src/gmxlib/futil.c.

Berk

> From: alanwilter at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:59:54 +0100
> To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
> Subject: [gmx-users] problems trying to run gmx with the size of $PATH
> 
> Hi There,
> 
> I use Mac OSX 10.6.1 kernel 64 bits with Fink 64 bits.
> 
> I have a long $PATH, with several paths for several applications. If I
> try 'grompp', is gives:
> 
> grompp
>                          :-)  G  R  O  M  A  C  S  (-:
> 
> [1]    33088 abort      grompp
> 
> It also happens if running SLeopard kernel 32 bits.
> 
> When I made my path shorter (keeping just the essential /usr/bin,
> /sw/bin, /usr/local/bin etc.), 'grompp' worked fine.
> 
> Does anyone know if there's a limit for $PATH? or why gromacs in
> particular would be affected? Because so far I got only gromacs
> complaining and even though when I was using 10.5.8 (Leopard, 32 bits)
> my $PATH was as big as it is and I didn't have problem then.
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Alan
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