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diff --git a/doc/documentation.tex b/doc/documentation.tex index 93f7b30..39e3cb4 100644 --- a/doc/documentation.tex +++ b/doc/documentation.tex @@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ This is controlled by the {\tt IO::parfile\_write} parameter: \end{itemize} The name of the new parameter file defaults to the original filename, unless the -parameter {\tt IO::parfile\_name} is set. Note that if a file already exists -with the chosen name it will not be overwritten. +parameter {\tt IO::parfile\_name} is set. Note that an already existing file +with the chosen name will be overwritten unless it is identical with the +original parameter file, or if Cactus was recovered from a checkpoint (in which +case you don't want to overwrite an existing parameter file with your recovery +parameter file). \section{I/O Modes} |