Using HDF Format

The program mbpt_lcao can be compiled to use the HDF5 format for the output data (for the moment apply only to tddft_iter and tddft_tem calculations). In this case all the output data will be save in one and unique file tddft_iter_output.hdf5 or tddft_tem_output.hdf5 depending on the calculations.
To compile with HDF5 one need first to install the HDF5 library (on Unix like system this is very straightforward and can be done with your package manager (see the HDF web site for more detail)). You can find some arch.inc files in the example/arch directory.

We strongly encourage you to use the HDF format when looking the spatial distribution of field or doing EELS calculations. In this cases the amount of data can be quite large and the dimensions of the array are larger than 2 making text files inappropriate.

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