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After the [[:Category:Installation|installation]], VASP can be executed in a directory. In this directory, VASP looks for [[:Category:Input files|input files]] such as the {{FILE|INCAR}} file, {{FILE|POTCAR}} file, {{FILE|POSCAR}} file, and {{FILE|KPOINTS}} file. 

The central way to control the calculation is by setting [[:Category:INCAR|INCAR tags]]. However, depending on the VASP calculation, there are other [[:Category:Input files|input files]] to provide settings for the calculation, e.g., the {{FILE|ICONST}} file. 

Finally, VASP will write [[:Category:Output files|output files]] to the same directory. For postprocessing, [https://www.vasp.at/py4vasp/latest/ py4vasp] is a convenient python package to read and visualize the produced data.