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[Jian ZHOU <zjspam@gmail.com>]

I am just happened to see the Tip in the FAQ.

On 8/11/05, Steven Homolya <steven.homolya@sci.monash.edu.au> wrote:
> Jian ZHOU wrote:
> > I think it is said in th FAQ:
> >
> > - Tips to use ABINIT : Bandstructure: why my output includes fewer
> > k-points than I expected ?
> > The default value is limited to 50. Set prtvol as 10 (and prteig as 1
> > for v.4.3.3, v.4.4.x and the newer versions). (e-mail).
> >
> 
> Thanks for the advice Jian. It would seem the documentation for v.4.4.4 is
> lagging and inconsistent with behaviour. Replacing the incorrect 
> documentation
> with the simple phrase "See FAQ" could save users like me a lot of grief and
> time. (over 700 CPU hours gone in the wind :( so far)

comfort~~~, I hope you would run a small job to test the new
variables, to make sure it works, and to save another one month
maybe:-).


> 
> --- variable description 1:
> prteig
> Default is 0 or 1 ?????.
> (Not yet active)
> ---
> --- variable description 2:
> prtvol
> prtvol=0, 1: ... if iscf=-2, the eigenvalues for all the k points are
> printed anyway.
> prtvol=2 => there is no such limit in the whole main output file.
> ---
> 
> prtvol=0,1 do not work, even though iscf=-2. prtvol=2 does not work either,
> even though doco says it should. And prteig does nothing acc. to 
> description.
> 
> I'll try once more with prtvol=10.
> 
> Thanks again for your help Jian.
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> 
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> Steven Homolya
> School of Physics
> Monash University, VIC 3800
> Australia
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