[gmx-users] restart a stopped simulation after a power failure? correct command

[Justin Lemkul]

On 4/18/17 1:21 AM, Adarsh V. K. wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I use Gromacs 5.1.4 for protein ligand simulation. How can I restart a
> stopped simulation after a power failure?
>
> I used the following command to restart the stopped simulation at 6.5 ns.
>
> *mdrun -s md.tpr -cpi state.cpt*
>
> Even Though the simulation appeared to be restarted successfully and
> completed required 8.0 ns, the data analysis showed that the simulation was
> stopped at 6.5ns...!!!. ( Not re-started from 6.5 ns and continued till 8.0
> ns.)
>

What does gmx check tell you about your files, e.g. how many frames does it find 
in the trajectory?  Does the .log file or stderr/stdout give any clues about how 
appending was treated?

-Justin

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