[gmx-users] Meaning of GMX?

[Justin Lemkul]

On 10/19/17 4:45 PM, Hoa Trinh wrote:
> Dear GMX users,
> Why does Gromacs have many gmx functions: gmx grompp gmx mdrun ...
> What is the meaning of GMX?

"gmx" has long been shorthand for "GROMACS" - there used to be a ton of 
individual binaries, but lots of people (reasonably) complained about 
problems related to name clashes and maintainability, so a few versions 
back, everything got grouped into one binary (gmx) and the individual 
commands are modules executed by it.

-Justin

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