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Use of previous atomic positions from the OTHER run

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:19 pm
by apascon
I'm doing a geometry relaxation. Can I use the atomic positions calculated from another run to restart my job? Is there a file that Abinit read from another run to continue the job with the last atomic positions calculated? Or I need to cut and past the last coordinates from the log (or output) to the new input restart file?

Re: Use of previous atomic positions from the OTHER run

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:31 am
by Boris
Hi

I don't think there's a file abinit can read to restart the calculation. So yes, you'll have to copy/paste the new atomic positions from the log to the input file. And if you performed a cell volume optimization, new cell parameters must be copied/pasted too.

Regards