From: Jim Phillips (jim_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 10 2014 - 16:00:19 CST
There is indeed a strange character at the beginning of the file.
Running the file through "tail +2" removes it and NAMD then works.
Jim
On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Mihaela Drenscko wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I modified the file from a previous one that worked. (I enclosed it).
> Thank you,
> Mihaela
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Jim Phillips <jim_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm guessing <feff> is a UTF-16 byte order mark, which may be invisible in
>> an editor. How did you create this file (which I haven't seen since you
>> only sent it to Norman)?
>>
>> You could try running it through "sed 's/<feff>//'" to remove the <feff>
>> character.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Norman Geist wrote:
>>
>> I can’t see any obvious problem with the file, maybe you somehow entered
>>> an unreadable character. Did you prepare this file on an operating system
>>> different from the computer you will start the simulation on
>>> (Windows/Linux)? Did this script work before? How do you start NAMD with
>>> that script?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Norman Geist.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Von: Mihaela Drenscko [mailto:quo.physics_at_gmail.com]
>>> Gesendet: Montag, 10. November 2014 14:52
>>> An: Norman Geist
>>> Betreff: Re: namd-l: FATAL ERROR: error parsing config file while
>>> executing <feff>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I enclosed the conf file.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Mihaela
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Norman Geist <
>>> norman.geist_at_uni-greifswald.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> as NAMDs input is a TCL script actually, you need to take care about the
>>> syntax, which you seem to have not. So to help you we will need to _SEE_
>>> your input script.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Norman Geist.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Von: owner-namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu [mailto:owner-namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu] Im
>>> Auftrag von Mihaela Drenscko
>>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 9. November 2014 18:39
>>> An: namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>> Betreff: namd-l: FATAL ERROR: error parsing config file while executing
>>> <feff>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was running a minimization simulation with namd I got this error in the
>>> output file:
>>>
>>> TCL: error parsing config file
>>>
>>> FATAL ERROR: error parsing config file
>>>
>>> while executing
>>>
>>> "
>>>
>>> <feff>"
>>>
>>> (file "pclpopcwmin.conf" line 1)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What caused it and how do i fix it?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Mihaela
>>>
>>>
>>>
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