two questions on dump custom

Dear all,

1. In the manual, it says that "Dumps are performed on timesteps that are
a multiple of N(including timestep 0)". Is there any way to exclude the
result at timestep 0 from the dump file?

2. Suppose i use dump custom to write a dump file, then I close it. When i
run the in script file and dump again, normally the old file will be
replaced by the new file. How can I append the new result at the end of
the old file?

Thank you,
Likun

Dear all,

1. In the manual, it says that "Dumps are performed on timesteps that are
a multiple of N(including timestep 0)". Is there any way to exclude the
result at timestep 0 from the dump file?

yes. please read the dump_modify documentation. look for the "first" flag.

2. Suppose i use dump custom to write a dump file, then I close it. When i
run the in script file and dump again, normally the old file will be
replaced by the new file. How can I append the new result at the end of
the old file?

please read the dump_modify documentation. look for the "append"
flag. please note that appending to an existing dump is almost always
a *very* bad idea.

axel.