[Wien] Query regarding wien2k_scratch directory

[Peter Blaha]

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Am 27.04.2024 um 17:57 schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
> Dear Prof. Gavin,
>
>                 Yes, wien2k is installed under the /home directory. I 
> have also checked /var. there are log files as mentioned in your 
> reference [1]. In this regard, which files should I remove to recover 
> the lost spaces?
>
> with regards,
>
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 at 17:42, Gavin Abo <gabo13279 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     If your WIEN2k cases are located somewhere under the /home
>     directory, is this the directory you are seeing the space increase in?
>
>     If your looking at the space of the entire storage drive before
>     and after the calculation, another possibility is the increase
>     could be due to normal usage logging by the operating system.  So,
>     if its the /var you are seeing increase after the calculation, it
>     could potentially be due to that as log files could be stored
>     there as seen for example at [1].
>
>     [1]
>     https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/viewing-and-monitoring-log-files#2-log-files-locations
>
>     Kind Regards,
>
>     Gavin
>     WIEN2k user
>
>     On 4/26/2024 10:52 PM, shamik chakrabarti wrote:
>>     In that case, after deleting the case directory, the space in hd
>>     of Linux should be recovered. But the space is decreasing every
>>     time, I ran some calculations and after copying delete the whole
>>     directory.
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>>     On Sat, 27 Apr 2024, 01:48 Tomas Kana, <kana at seznam.cz> wrote:
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>>         The dot and slash ./ means your current directory
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>>         Dear Sir,
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>>           After echo $SCRATCH the output is:   ./
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>>         Any comments
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>>         On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 22:14, Peter Blaha
>>         <peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
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>>             During   userconfig  you have specified a SCRATCH
>>         directory. Only
>>               you can know what you did there.
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>>             PS:   echo $SCRATCH   will tell you, what you specified.
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>>             Am 26.04.2024 um 13:30 schrieb shamik
>>               chakrabarti:
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>>                 Dear Wien2k users,
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>>                                      After running calculations I am
>>         saving
>>                   the data in external hdd while deleting the same
>>         from linux.
>>                   However, at each time, after deleting data, I have
>>         found that
>>                   some amount of spaces are not recovered. Wien2k is
>>         saving some
>>                   files in Linux which I am not able to delete.
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>>                 My query is where are those extra files are stored?
>>         Whether
>>                   there is some directory called as _scratch but then
>>         I am not
>>                   able to find it either?
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>>                 Any response is eagerly awaited.
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>>                 with regards,
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