On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 10:44 +0800, xu yuehua wrote: > hi everyone here: > i have installed the xcrysden (XCrySDen-pre1.5bbin-static) to linux > system .and when I ran xcrysden, the > graphic interface can appear, but could open any file ,when i open > some file ,the error message is below "error couldn't change working > directory to "Y/xc_23632": no such file or directory" > AND i found out the Y directory is generated automatically in the > directory where the software is running .
You have specified relative pathname for XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH. A very bad idea. Thatwhy the "Y" directory is created in current directory. Please set XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH as absolute pathname, e.g., something like /scratch/$USER/xcrys_tmp Regards, Tone -- Tone Kokalj <tone.kokalj at ijs.si> J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia (tel: +386-1-477-3523 // fax:+386-1-477-3822)
