[Wien] Which Error (?) in W2Web

[Gavin Abo]

grep "making" $WIENROOT/makescratch

The above terminal command should return in the output:

echo making $scratch directory

I looks like $scratch might have somehow got set to: -i

Since the mkdir command does not have a -i option, it returns that 
"invalid option" error.

I would first try checking the contents of scratch variable in the 
terminal/script environment and also the "Scratch Directory" box in 
w2web under run_SCF.

Second, I would try adding -x to makescratch_lapw to see if the long 
output could give a better idea were the problem might be coming 
(similar to what was mentioned for troubleshooting csh scripts like 
x_lapw [ 
http://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/msg07734.html 
]).

On 11/13/2016 8:58 AM, Fecher, Gerhard wrote:
> On one, and only on one, of my computers I receive:
>
> making -i directory
> mkdir: invalid option -- 'i'
> Try `mkdir --help' for more information.
> ERROR: option 1 does not exist!
>
> when I try to start the scf from w2web, has anyone an idea what that might be ?
>
> Ciao
> Gerhard
>
> DEEP THOUGHT in D. Adams; Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy:
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> is that you have never actually known what the question is."
>
> ====================================
> Dr. Gerhard H. Fecher
> Institut of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
> Johannes Gutenberg - University
> 55099 Mainz
> and
> Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
> 01187 Dresden