VASP 5.4.1 crashes with a segmentation fault if the POSCAR file is empty. Normally this would be obvious, but sometimes VASP writes an empty CONTCAR, and a job continuation script then overwrites the POSCAR with the empty file. A proper message to the user would be very helpful, especially since OUTCAR misleadingly ends with this line:
INCAR:
Segmentation fault with empty POSCAR
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mwistey
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Re: Segmentation fault with empty POSCAR
Well,
since there is no calculation starting it isn't a waste of computer time...
You could also check inside your script if POSCAR's size is 0 and do en error handling.
Cheers,
alex
since there is no calculation starting it isn't a waste of computer time...
You could also check inside your script if POSCAR's size is 0 and do en error handling.
Cheers,
alex