--- trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/DumpWriter.cpp	2004/01/10 02:15:35	919
+++ trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/DumpWriter.cpp	2004/01/10 09:46:47	920
@@ -160,13 +160,12 @@ void DumpWriter::writeDump( double currentTime ){
 
 #else // is_mpi
 
-  cout << "master" <<endl;
   /* code to find maximum tag value */
   
-  int tagub, flag, MAXTAG;
+  int *tagub, flag, MAXTAG;
   MPI_Attr_get(MPI_COMM_WORLD, MPI_TAG_UB, &tagub, &flag);
   if (flag) {
-    MAXTAG = tagub;
+    MAXTAG = *tagub;
   } else {
     MAXTAG = 32767;
   }  
@@ -229,12 +228,13 @@ void DumpWriter::writeDump( double currentTime ){
         MPI_Recv(MPIatomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE, MPI_CHAR, which_node,
 		 myPotato, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &istatus);
         
-        strncpy(atomTypeString, MPIatomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE);
+        //strncpy(atomTypeString, MPIatomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE);
         
         // Null terminate the atomTypeString just in case:
 
-        atomTypeString[strlen(atomTypeString) - 1] = '\0';
-
+        //atomTypeString[strlen(atomTypeString) - 1] = '\0';
+        atomTypeString = MPIatomTypeString;
+	
         myPotato++;
 
         MPI_Recv(&isDirectional, 1, MPI_INT, which_node,
@@ -660,13 +660,9 @@ void DumpWriter::writeFinal(double finalTime){
         
         MPI_Recv(MPIatomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE, MPI_CHAR, which_node,
 		 myPotato, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &istatus);
-        
-        strncpy(atomTypeString, MPIatomTypeString, MINIBUFFERSIZE);
         
-        // Null terminate the atomTypeString just in case:
-
-        atomTypeString[strlen(atomTypeString) - 1] = '\0';
-
+        atomTypeString = MPIatomTypeString;
+                
         myPotato++;
 
         MPI_Recv(&isDirectional, 1, MPI_INT, which_node,