[26748] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.4.22: chemkin_v3.7
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cda)
Wed Feb 22 16:14:43 2006
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:14:02 -0500
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System name: dewey.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.4.22 (with mkserv)
Display type: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: sawfish
What were you trying to do?
An OLC user is trying to use chemkin 3.7 under Athena Linux.
What's wrong:
I am not 100% familiar with chemkin, as it isn't supported by OLC,
but the user says that he needs the following line in his .cshrc.mine
in order to enable chemkin to be launched from matlab automatically:
source /mit/chemkin_v3.7/cshrc
The file in question contains the line:
rm -f ${HOME}/reaction/chemkin37
The user claims he must save his work under this directory in order
for it to function in matlab, and so this is destroying his work
every time he opens a new xterm (or it gives an error message about
not being able to remove that directory).
What should have happened:
Chemkin should be able to be run without these issues.
I (naively, as my skill at plowing through shell scripts is not large)
suggested he copy /mit/chemkin_v3.7/cshrc to his home directory, comment
out the "rm" line, and source that file instead. But I'm surprised the
problem just arose now, since he has been using chemkin 3.7 for a while.
In my experience it's also odd for an application to require an addition
to .cshrc, but that's probably just a lack of experience on my part.
I know 3.7 is not the current version, so perhaps a workaround using 4.0
can be reached for the user?
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
