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WAVECAR file is too large. What should we do?

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 9:20 pm
by user
Hi All,

We could not generate an output file which is larger than 2GB on most of the machines. Do we have any way to overcome this?

Can we do a non-collinear calculation from a collinear one without the WAVECAR file from the previous (collinear) run? (see: http://cms.mpi.univie.ac.at/vasp/vasp/node156.html )

Thanks.

WAVECAR file is too large. What should we do?

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:19 pm
by admin
ad 1)
most probably the maximum filesize is not limited by available physical disk space but by
file size limits given to each user. you have to change these limits accordingly,
eg by setting ulimit -f [limit]
(have a look at the manpages of your shell)
ad 2)
yes, of course you can start without a (collinear) WAVECAR, the approach suggested in the manual is to spare some computing time

WAVECAR file is too large. What should we do?

Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 11:36 pm
by user
Thank you very much, Admin.