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Quantum command
Quick reference
To run a complete Quantum job, type:
quantum [options] [program_file] [data_file] [tables_file]
More information
If you omit the program and/or data file names, Quantum will prompt you for them as it needs them. If you omit the name of the tables output file, Quantum will save any tables in a file called tab_.
Options on the command line enable you to:
run only one section of the job such as the compilation stage or the table creation stage
define a run ID when you want to do more than one run in the directory
define the names of directories in which Quantum should look for program and data files or create intermediate files
convert the Quantum program and data files into a Quanvert database.
Options
–c
Compile the program file into C code.
–d
Keep intermediate files required for an edit-only datapass.
–id
Define the run ID.
–k
Keep all intermediate files.
–l
Load the C code (Windows). Save a log of the run (UNIX).
–lo
or –ld. Load the C code (UNIX).
–o
Compile and output.
–p
Keep intermediate files needed by pstab, tabcon and quantum –o.
–pd
Name the directory in which Quantum should look for program and data files.
–r
Read the data.
–t
Return the duration time for various sections of the run (UNIX).
–td
Names the directory in which Quantum should create its intermediate files.
–v
Create a Quanvert database. This is available only if the Quanvert Database Administration software is installed. For more information about creating a Quanvert database, see Creating and maintaining Quanvert databases.
See
Compressed and non-standard data files
See also
Running Quantum on UNIX and Microsoft Windows