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doc/read_restart.html

@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ created the set.  Read_restart then reads the additional files.  For
 example, if the restart file was specified as save.% when it was
 written, then read_restart reads the files save.base, save.0, save.1,
 ... save.P-1, where P is the number of processors that created the
-restart file.  Note that only a single processor reads all the files,
-so the input does not use parallel I/O.  The number of processors
-which created the set can be different the number of processors in the
-current LAMMPS simulation.
+restart file.  The processors in the current LAMMPS simulation share
+the work of reading these files; each reads a roughly equal subset of
+the files.  The number of processors which created the set can be
+different the number of processors in the current LAMMPS simulation.
+This can be a fast mode of input on parallel machines that support
+parallel I/O.
 </P>
 <HR>
 

doc/read_restart.txt

@@ -68,10 +68,12 @@ created the set.  Read_restart then reads the additional files.  For
 example, if the restart file was specified as save.% when it was
 written, then read_restart reads the files save.base, save.0, save.1,
 ... save.P-1, where P is the number of processors that created the
-restart file.  Note that only a single processor reads all the files,
-so the input does not use parallel I/O.  The number of processors
-which created the set can be different the number of processors in the
-current LAMMPS simulation.
+restart file.  The processors in the current LAMMPS simulation share
+the work of reading these files; each reads a roughly equal subset of
+the files.  The number of processors which created the set can be
+different the number of processors in the current LAMMPS simulation.
+This can be a fast mode of input on parallel machines that support
+parallel I/O.
 
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doc/restart.html

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ replaced by "base" is also written, which contains global information.
 For example, the files written on step 1000 for filename restart.%
 would be restart.base.1000, restart.0.1000, restart.1.1000, ...,
 restart.P-1.1000.  This creates smaller files and can be a fast mode
-of output on parallel machines that support parallel I/O for output.
+of output and subsequent input on parallel machines that support
+parallel I/O.
 </P>
 <P>Restart files are written on timesteps that are a multiple of N but
 not on the first timestep of a run or minimization.  A restart file is

doc/restart.txt

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ replaced by "base" is also written, which contains global information.
 For example, the files written on step 1000 for filename restart.%
 would be restart.base.1000, restart.0.1000, restart.1.1000, ...,
 restart.P-1.1000.  This creates smaller files and can be a fast mode
-of output on parallel machines that support parallel I/O for output.
+of output and subsequent input on parallel machines that support
+parallel I/O.
 
 Restart files are written on timesteps that are a multiple of N but
 not on the first timestep of a run or minimization.  A restart file is

doc/write_restart.html

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ additional file with the "%" replaced by "base" is also written, which
 contains global information.  For example, the files written for
 filename restart.% would be restart.base, restart.0, restart.1, ...
 restart.P-1.  This creates smaller files and can be a fast mode of
-output on parallel machines that support parallel I/O for output.
+output and subsequent input on parallel machines that support parallel
+I/O.
 </P>
 <P>Restart files can be read by a <A HREF = "read_restart.html">read_restart</A>
 command to restart a simulation from a particular state.  Because the
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ files were created.
 <P>This command requires inter-processor communication to migrate atoms
 before the restart file is written.  This means that your system must
 be ready to perform a simulation before using this command (force
-fields setup, atom masses set, etc).
+fields setup, atom masses initialized, etc).
 </P>
 <P><B>Related commands:</B>
 </P>

doc/write_restart.txt

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ additional file with the "%" replaced by "base" is also written, which
 contains global information.  For example, the files written for
 filename restart.% would be restart.base, restart.0, restart.1, ...
 restart.P-1.  This creates smaller files and can be a fast mode of
-output on parallel machines that support parallel I/O for output.
+output and subsequent input on parallel machines that support parallel
+I/O.
 
 Restart files can be read by a "read_restart"_read_restart.html
 command to restart a simulation from a particular state.  Because the
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ files were created.
 This command requires inter-processor communication to migrate atoms
 before the restart file is written.  This means that your system must
 be ready to perform a simulation before using this command (force
-fields setup, atom masses set, etc).
+fields setup, atom masses initialized, etc).
 
 [Related commands:]