[Gate-users] Fwd: NOT ANYTHING? Pause and Continue of running GATE and take interfile outputs?

[shahrokh nasseri]

Hi,
I realized that some Monte Carlo codes (e.g. MCNP) have the ability to pause
the execution of program by user, to take data output and finally to
continue the running of program according to the operator's desire. Is it
possible in GATE, particularly about interfile output?

I know that the information about the particles recorded is added to root
output file during the running of GATE and user is able to see this
information accumulated in root file in any time of program execution. It
seems there is no possibility for interfile output!? I know that Ctrl+Z
(that is, while holding the Ctrl key down, tap the 'Z' key) stops the
running of GATE, but there is no projection in interfile output (in gate.hdr
and gate.sin).

Please help me.
Shahrokh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: shahrokh nasseri <shahrokh.nasseri at gmail.com>
Date: Jul 24, 2010 4:02 AM
Subject: Pause and Continue of running GATE and take interfile outpuus?
To: gate-users at lists.opengatecollaboration.org

Dear GATE-users,

I want to pause the running of GATE and take data output such as interfile
output (gate.hdr and gate.sin).
It seems that the running of macro file must finish until I can to take
interfile outputs. Consider, I want to run 1,000,000 particles (1,000,000 Bq
from a single point source) and want to pause the execution GATE after
500,000 particles and see interfile outputs. In the other words, after
tracking these number of particles (500,000 particels) how do I pause the
running of my program and see interfile output. At this time if the result
was not desired, how do I continue the execution of the program to 1,000,000
particles and even more?
Best regards,
shahrokh.