[gmx-users] topolbuild cannot open logfile

[Bruce D. Ray]

On Tue, September 28, 2010 at 7:38 PM, "andrew_m_norris at talk21.com" 
<andrew_m_norris at talk21.com> wrote:
> Hello i am very new to molecular mechanics so please excuse me if my
> questions are a little naive or stupid.
> I  am trying to minimise a mol2 file with topolbuild1_3 using the  following
> command line arguments from within the topolbuild directory:
> ./topolbuild   -dir /usr/local/gromacs/share/gromacs/top -ff oplsaa  
>-n /Users/bioinformatics/Desktop/zinc_12404782 -purge 0 -move
>

> I get the following error:
> 

> Fatal error.
> Source code file: topolbuild.c, line: 345
> Cannot open log file zinc_12404782.log
> 
> I  realise that i will have to go over the parameters again but i was  hoping 
>for some sort of output.
> Does anyone know if it is a problem with  the parameters of the input file 
>shown below or some
> problem with the  way in which topolbuild is called ? I am a little unsure how 
>to point to  the
> oplsaa force fields? 

 
The problem with your command is that you do not have write permission in the 
directory
in which topolbuild resides.  You need to run the command from the directory in 
which
you want the topology built with a command such as:

/path-to-topolbuild-main-directory/src/topolbuild -dir 
/path-to-topolbuild-main-directory/dat/gromacs -ff oplsaa -n 
/Users/bioinformatics/Desktop/zinc_12404782 -purge 0 -move

Note that the gromacs directory does not contain the topolbuild tables.
Please see the examples given in the PROGRAM_TESTING_DONE.txt file in the
topolbuild distribution for more information.

-- 
Bruce D. Ray, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist
IUPUI
Physics Dept.
402 N. Blackford St.
Indianapolis, IN  46202-3273



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