[gmx-users] gmx convert-tpr, gmx check Q ?

[Justin Lemkul]

On 4/12/16 9:24 AM, badamkhatan togoldor wrote:
> Thank you for reply of Justin. So as I understood from there no need to convert-tpr and just do it like,
>   gmx mdrun -deffnm pro$ -cpi pro1.cpt  -append
> That's it ?
>

Yes.

-Justin

>
>        From: Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>
>   To: gmx-users at gromacs.org
>   Sent: Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 15:23
>   Subject: Re: [gmx-users] gmx convert-tpr, gmx check Q ?
>
>
>
> On 4/12/16 8:16 AM, badamkhatan togoldor wrote:
>> Dear GMX-Users,I have a technical question regarding to the gmx convert-tpr
>> and gmx check.  I have a little bit doubt in that.  Simulation was
>> calculating 5.000.000 steps, 10ns and it has stopped due to the some cluster
>> time limit. So I want to continue it from that stopped step. So, gmx
>> convert-tpr -s pro.tpr -f pro.trr -e pro.edr -o pro1.tpr -until 10000 ( it
>
> There is no need to invoke convert-tpr for a run that stopped prematurely.
>
>> means that when checked the gmx check the .tpr file it says 4688 step and 1
>> ps. From this step until finish to 10 ps?)    And also 10,000 ps  is 10 ns
>> right? then why gmx check gave me the 1 ps ? or is it 1 ns ?
>
> The timestep here (in ps, as noted) is the interval between frames.
>
>> Item        #frames Timestep (ps)
>   > Step          4688    1
>   > Time          4688    1
>   > Lambda        4688    1
>> Coords        4688    1
>>
>> gmx mdrun -deffnm $pro -append -cpi which check point file I should apply
>> pro.cpt  OR pro_prev.cpt ? I would highly appreciate for any answers! Thanks
>>
>
> What does gmx check tell you about the contents of each of these?  The help info
> for mdrun also explains the checkpointing mechanism and the difference in these
> files, so start by reading that.
>
> -Justin
>

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