--- trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/DumpWriter.cpp	2004/01/13 20:04:28	934
+++ trunk/OOPSE/libmdtools/DumpWriter.cpp	2004/01/13 20:35:25	936
@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ DumpWriter::DumpWriter( SimInfo* the_entry_plug ){
       simError();
     }
 
-    finalOut.open( entry_plug->finalName, ios::out | ios::trunc );
-    if( !finalOut ){
-      sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
-	       "Could not open \"%s\" for final dump output.\n",
-	       entry_plug->finalName );
-      painCave.isFatal = 1;
-      simError();
-    }
-
 #ifdef IS_MPI
   }
 
@@ -68,7 +59,6 @@ DumpWriter::~DumpWriter( ){
 #endif // is_mpi
 
     dumpFile.close();
-    finalOut.close();
 
 #ifdef IS_MPI
   }
@@ -111,11 +101,20 @@ void DumpWriter::writeDump(double currentTime){
 
 void DumpWriter::writeDump(double currentTime){
 
+  ofstream finalOut;
   vector<ofstream*> fileStreams;
 
 #ifdef IS_MPI
   if(worldRank == 0 ){
-    finalOut.seekp(0);
+    
+    finalOut.open( entry_plug->finalName, ios::out | ios::trunc );
+    if( !finalOut ){
+      sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
+	       "Could not open \"%s\" for final dump output.\n",
+	       entry_plug->finalName );
+      painCave.isFatal = 1;
+      simError();
+    }
   }
 #endif // is_mpi
 
@@ -123,21 +122,40 @@ void DumpWriter::writeDump(double currentTime){
   fileStreams.push_back(&dumpFile);
 
   writeFrame(fileStreams, currentTime);
+
+#ifdef IS_MPI
+  finalOut.close();
+#endif
   	
 }
 
 void DumpWriter::writeFinal(double currentTime){
 
+  ofstream finalOut;
   vector<ofstream*> fileStreams;
 
 #ifdef IS_MPI
   if(worldRank == 0 ){
-    finalOut.seekp(0);
+
+    finalOut.open( entry_plug->finalName, ios::out | ios::trunc );
+
+    if( !finalOut ){
+      sprintf( painCave.errMsg,
+	       "Could not open \"%s\" for final dump output.\n",
+	       entry_plug->finalName );
+      painCave.isFatal = 1;
+      simError();
+    }
+
   }
 #endif // is_mpi
   
   fileStreams.push_back(&finalOut);  
   writeFrame(fileStreams, currentTime);
+
+#ifdef IS_MPI
+  finalOut.close();
+#endif
   
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +164,7 @@ void DumpWriter::writeFrame( vector<ofstream*>& outFil
   const int BUFFERSIZE = 2000;
   const int MINIBUFFERSIZE = 100;
 
-  char tempBuffer[BUFFERSIZE];
+  char tempBuffer[BUFFERSIZE];  
   char writeLine[BUFFERSIZE];
 
   int i, k;