[Pw_forum] Chosing output file name using the -in/input option

[Paolo Giannozzi]

Sylvian Cadars wrote:

> I tried and it seems to work.  PWscf now does write the output in the 
> file 'some_file_name'.  So I guess that the idea is then to use the 
> command 'mv' in my script to change this file (thus used as a temporary 
> file fir each job) to the file name I want.  Am I correct?

I htink so. It would be possible and not too difficult to add
a "-out some_file" option tot pw.x : see flib/inpfile.f90.
Some MPI implementations may have a problem with command line
options, though!

> Am I then supposed to apply these changes to all the programs I want to 
> use (e.g. gipaw.x, band.x, and maybe others) ?

IIRC PW/startup.f90 is called by almost all quantum-espresso
codes

Paolo
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Paolo Giannozzi, Democritos and University of Udine, Italy