Re: [AMBER] Regarding input files

From: Daniel Roe <daniel.r.roe.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:40:09 -0400

Just to clarify, when reading trajectory and topology files (and some
data files), cpptraj "peeks" at the file to determine format. When
writing however cpptraj will use the filename extension to determine
format (if a format keyword is not present).

-Dan

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 7:28 AM, David A Case <david.case.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, Midhun K Madhu wrote:
>
>> This may sounds like a trivial question yet I could not find the answer.
>>
>> What is the deference between files having extensions parm7 and prmtop?
>> Likewise are there any differences between inpcrd and rst7?
>
> No difference in either case. I tend to prefer .parm7 and .rst7, since
> these extensions are automatically recognized by VMD. Most Amber
> programs don't care what the extension is, although check the cpptraj
> part of the manual, since it sometimes uses the extension to infer file
> type.
>
> ....dac
>
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