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2.3.11. Configuration information

The following methods can be used to query the LAMMPS library about compile time settings and included packages and styles.

Example for using configuration settings functions

from lammps import lammps

lmp = lammps()

try:
    lmp.file("in.missing")
except Exception as e:
    print("LAMMPS failed with error:", e)

# write compressed dump file depending on available of options

if lmp.has_style("dump", "atom/zstd"):
    lmp.command("dump d1 all atom/zstd 100 dump.zst")
elif lmp.has_style("dump", "atom/gz"):
    lmp.command("dump d1 all atom/gz 100 dump.gz")
elif lmp.has_gzip_support():
    lmp.command("dump d1 all atom 100 dump.gz")
else:
    lmp.command("dump d1 all atom 100 dump")

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