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How to run

1. Figure out your executable name. For example, logic9 or mt.
2. ./mt will run the executable
3. To set the config file, use: ./exec -c config_file_name.cfg. For example, ./mt -c major_transitions.cfg will run the major transitions executable with the setting in the config file.
4. To override one value on the command line, do something along the lines of the following; ./exec -c config_file_name.cfg --full.option.name=new_value For example, ./mt -c major_transitions.cfg --ea.gls.and_mutation_mult=6 will set the value of and_mutation_mult to 6, overriding whatever was in the config file.
5. To continue an existing run: ./exec -l <path_to_checkpoint_file>/checkpoint-1000000.xml.gz For example, ./mt -l /mnt/home/hjg/mt/033-gls-ramped/a_33/checkpoint-1000000.xml.gz
6. To perform further analysis, load the check file and then run an analysis tool. ./mt_lr_gls -l /mnt/home/hjg/mt/033-gls-ramped/a_33/checkpoint-1000000.xml.gz --analyze lod_fitness --ea.analysis.input.filename /mnt/home/hjg/mt/033-gls-ramped/a_33/lod-1000000.xml.gz Note that this example, also loads a line of descent file which can also be analyzed.

Getting Started

1. Try running an existing executable.
2. Try changing a few values in the config file and rerunning.
3. Figure out where the data you are looking at is being printed from. Hint: It's normally an event. In the case of the major transitions code, most of it is in the mt_gls_propagule which can be found in mt.h.