Load Directive Issue


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Attempting to run this file:
start wcits_augccpvdz_qmd
echo
print low
geometry noautosym noautoz
   load R1.xyz
end
basis
 * library aug-cc-PVDZ
end
dft
 xc M06-2X
end
qmd
 nstep_nucl  500
dt_nucl 10.0
targ_temp 298.0
com_step 10
thermostat none
print_xyz 5
end
task dft qmd




But receive the following error:



                               NWChem Input Module
-------------------


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geom_read_file_xyz: cannot open file: R1.xyz: 0
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input error at line 5: at end of line looking for character string
load R1.xyz
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current input line :
5: load R1.xyz
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This error has not yet been assigned to a category
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For more information see the NWChem manual at
http://nwchemgit.github.io/index.php/NWChem_Documentation


For further details see manual section:
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0:0:geom_read_file_xyz: cannot open file: R1.xyz::: -1
(rank:0 hostname:r05r08n04 pid:113266):ARMCI DASSERT fail. ../../ga-5.6.5/armci/src/common/armci.c:ARMCI_Error():208 cond:0







This is the R1.xyz file:



O -1.3047367429773122 0.009089446574739575 -0.5289292349730885
O -0.7770787972320209 -0.9615741276788281 0.3464768396257761
C 0.49658107963611975 -1.090265457932781 0.311933644190542
H 0.8305056516171666 -1.8092862779504009 1.065061937015589
C 1.380625768729094 -0.31787267331840097 -0.455961166104786
H 2.426324957070375 -0.6086671035848019 -0.393862083010093
H 0.9988477378967555 -0.031815831105051984 -1.4407656901417443
H 1.0241478613528698 0.837463213023073 0.0747449743876046
O 0.10627474767979156 1.8072067017561981 0.2453287615510732
H -0.049202943033594064 2.1253851803711563 1.142081859348068
H -0.6889906049409167 1.099178113282198 -0.08006540798564055





I am lost as to what is wrong with the files.
Thanks!

Clicked A Few Times
XYZ files typically have two lines at the beginning that you are missing. The first line is the number of atoms in the system, and the second line is a comment (which can be a blank line). Try the following for your .xyz file:


11
Note: this is an 11 atom system
O -1.3047367429773122 0.009089446574739575 -0.5289292349730885
O -0.7770787972320209 -0.9615741276788281 0.3464768396257761
C 0.49658107963611975 -1.090265457932781 0.311933644190542
H 0.8305056516171666 -1.8092862779504009 1.065061937015589
C 1.380625768729094 -0.31787267331840097 -0.455961166104786
H 2.426324957070375 -0.6086671035848019 -0.393862083010093
H 0.9988477378967555 -0.031815831105051984 -1.4407656901417443
H 1.0241478613528698 0.837463213023073 0.0747449743876046
O 0.10627474767979156 1.8072067017561981 0.2453287615510732
H -0.049202943033594064 2.1253851803711563 1.142081859348068
H -0.6889906049409167 1.099178113282198 -0.08006540798564055



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