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description: How to control the flow of ABINIT
authors: XG
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This page gives hints on how to control the flow of ABINIT with the ABINIT package.

## Introduction

A few input variables governs the naming or prefix of input/output/temporary files (e.g. [[pseudos]], [[output_file]] ...), their path,
the possible stopping of ABINIT (e.g. according to a maximal limit on CPU time), or the details of the ABINIT flow for specific cases.

## Related Input Variables

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## Selected Input Files

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