[gmx-users] about -return of mdrun

[Justin Lemkul]

On 12/24/12 7:38 AM, Wu Chaofu wrote:
> Dear gmxers,
> I want to recalculate potential energies for the frames generated
> previously. At first, I generate one tpr file with a bit difference
> from previous one used for generating those frames. Using this tpr
> file, then I restart mdrun with -return options providing the
> generated xtc/trr file. However, I find that completely new run is
> carried out but not based on the previously generated frames. What's
> wrong with my method? How to reach my aims? Thanks a lot for any
> reply. Note that 4.5.4 version is employed.

The option is -rerun, not -return.  Since mdrun does not check for invalid 
command line arguments, the new run was carried out using the provided .tpr 
file, as you observed.

-Justin

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