[Pw_forum] Corrupting "input_tmp.in" when starting jobs at once

[Silvia Bahmann]

When using the following line in the jobfile "input_tmp.in" also is generated 
and possibly read?!
mpirun -np 8 pw.x -in test.in > test.out

Silvia

On Monday 06 February 2012 13:47:46 Paolo Giannozzi wrote:
> On Feb 6, 2012, at 13:26 , Layla Martin-Samos wrote:
> > Dear Silvia, we moved to this intermediate input_tmp.in for
> > preparing pw
> > to the automatic detection of xml input format. There is no simple way
> > to overcome this step.
>
> there are a few possibilities to prevent overwriting by other processes:
> - add a unique identifier, e.g. the process ID, to the file name;
> - add a random number to the file name;
> - rename the file to input_tmp_N.in, with N= smallest number such that
>    no input_tmp_N.in is detected;
> but none  is trivial to implement in a portable and safe way.
>
> I don't think however that the input file is copied to input_tmp.in,
> when
> it is read using the -in option (as opposed to " < file"). So everything
> should work if the -in (or -inp, or -input) option is used.
>
> Paolo
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