[xcrysden] [Pw_forum] Error with Xcryden for view input and output of pwscf file

Tone Kokalj tone.kokalj at ijs.si
Wed May 5 10:41:43 CEST 2010


On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 10:31 +0200, Tone Kokalj wrote:
> I believe having a whitespace in directory name is not a very smart idea
> under Unix. It may break many scripts. 
> 
> Nevertheless I adapted xcrysden script, and now it seems to be able to
> deal with it (at least it works on my computer). You may try it
> yourself. The script is attached to this email, you need to copy it to
> your $XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR.

Well, actually I just realized that the patch works for XSF files, but
not for the PWscf files. The latter is too much involved to be adapted
(and it would become a mass). 

Hence may recommendation is: don't use the spaces in the directory
names.

Regards, Tone
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