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As a minimal setup, VASP requires the user to prepare the following input files:
 
{{FILE|INCAR}}, {{FILE|KPOINTS}}, {{FILE|POSCAR}}, and {{FILE|POTCAR}}.
 
If present (in the directory where the calculation runs) the following [[The VASP Manual#Output|output files]] of previous runs may be read as restart information:
 
{{FILE|CHGCAR}} and/or {{FILE|WAVECAR}}.
 
If present (in the directory where the calculation runs) the following file leads to a "soft" stop of the calculation:
 
{{FILE|STOPCAR}}.
 
Some specific features of VASP require additional [[The VASP Manual#Output|output files]] from previous runs to be present:
 
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Revision as of 13:08, 27 February 2019

As a minimal setup, VASP requires the user to prepare the following input files:

INCAR, KPOINTS, POSCAR, and POTCAR.

If present (in the directory where the calculation runs) the following output files of previous runs may be read as restart information:

CHGCAR and/or WAVECAR.

If present (in the directory where the calculation runs) the following file leads to a "soft" stop of the calculation:

STOPCAR.

Some specific features of VASP require additional output files from previous runs to be present: