Dear Xie,
In order to run DISTANG for the command line you must type something
like this
distang xyzin your_PDB.file
If you just type `distang` the message below will appear.
Adam
On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Xie Jiabao wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> I am trying to run the CCP4 program DISTANG from the command line
(in order to do a translational grid search of a molecule over the asymmetric
unit). But the program aborts with the following error message when I type
DISTANG at the command line.
>
> ###############################################################
> ### CCP4 6.0: DISTANG version 6.0 : 06/09/05##
> ###############################################################
>
> Please reference: Collaborative Computational Project, Number 4. 1994.
> "The CCP4 Suite: Programs for Protein Crystallography". Acta Cryst. D50,
> 760-763.
> as well as any specific reference in the program write-up.
>
> <!--SUMMARY_END--></FONT></B>
> unknown-format file is being opened on unit 1 for INPUT.
>
>
> *** RWBROOK error: point code unit function
> *** 1 -4 1 MMDB_F_Open
> *** file : XYZIN
> *** reason : cannot open a file
> *** continue running, may crash ...
>
> <B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><!--SUMMARY_BEGIN-->
> DISTANG: XYZOPEN: Error opening logical name XYZIN
> Times: User: 0.0s System: 0.0s Elapsed: 0:00
> </pre>
> </html>
> <!--SUMMARY_END--></FONT></B>
>
>
>
> I am using CCP4i ver 6.0.1 installed on a machine running SuSe linux 10.1.
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Xie
>
>
>
