mdtraj.open¶

mdtraj.open(filename, mode='r', force_overwrite=True, **kwargs)¶

Open a trajectory file-like object

This factor function returns an instance of an open file-like object capable of reading/writing the trajectory (depending on ‘mode’). It does not actually load the trajectory from disk or write anything.

Parameters

filenamepath-like: Path to the trajectory file on disk
mode{‘r’, ‘w’}: The mode in which to open the file, either ‘r’ for read or ‘w’ for write.
force_overwritebool: If opened in write mode, and a file by the name of filename already exists on disk, should we overwrite it?

Returns

fileobjectobject: Open trajectory file, whose type is determined by the filename extension

Other Parameters

kwargsdict: Other keyword parameters are passed directly to the file object