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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 29 2003 - 10:53:21 CDT

Hi,
  The only reference I ever had to work with was from a printed X-PLOR
manual as I recall, which I don't seem to have handy at this moment.
If you're curious, there are many programs out there that can read/write
DCD files, so probably the best thing would be to look at the code that
some program uses if you're unable to find an actual file format spec.
If you're thinking of writing out your own DCD trajectory files, you might
consider using XYZ or another simpler format instead. The DCD files
are binary, so you have things like machine word-size and endianism to
worry about.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:10:13PM +0800, FUNG WAI KEUNG wrote:
> Dear VMD users,
>
> Would you please direct me to the information of the file format of DCD
> trajectory file?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ========
> Regards,
> Wai-keung, Fung
>
> Department of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering,
> The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
> Shatin, N.T.,
> Hong Kong
>
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