LPOSNICS: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:14, 17 March 2025

LPOSNICS = .TRUE.| .FALSE.

Default: LPOSNICS

= .TRUE.

if POSNICS file is present.

Description: LPOSNICS controlls whether VASP reads the POSNICS file.

   Warning: Not yet released!

This page contains information about a feature that will be available in a future release of VASP. In other words, currently you cannot use it even with the latest version of VASP. The information may change significantly until it is released.

To avoid reading the POSNICS file without removing it from the working directory, the LPOSNICS tag can be set to .FALSE. in the INCAR file.

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:LPOSNICS}}
+{{TAGDEF|LPOSNICS|.TRUE.{{!}} .FALSE.}}
+{{DEF|LPOSNICS|.TRUE.|if {{FILE|POSNICS}} file is present.}}
+Description: {{TAG|LPOSNICS}} controlls whether VASP reads the {{FILE|POSNICS}} file.
+----
 {{not released}}
+To avoid reading the {{FILE|POSNICS}} file without removing it from the working directory, the {{TAG|LPOSNICS}} tag can be set to <code>.FALSE.</code> in the {{FILE|INCAR}} file.
-{{TAGDEF|LPOSNICS|.TRUE. {{!}} .FALSE.|.FALSE.}}
-Description: {{TAG|LPOSNICS}}=.TRUE. enforces that the positions defined in {{FILE|POSNICS}} will be read and the NICS calculated at them. Set {{TAG|LPOSNICS}}=.False. to force {{FILE|POSNICS}} to be ignored when present.
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