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-RENE: this dir needs a few short-running examples,
-for both 1 and 4 procs, of using different Scafacos methods.
-with sample log file outputs - so users can verify
-they are running it correctly
-
-For each input script, there should be files like
-
-in.scafacos.fmm
-log.20Jul18.scafacos.fmm.g++.1
-log.20Jul18.scafacos.fmm.g++.4