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+cd $TIDE
+
+# copy a number of grid / tides / namelist and runscript files
+#cp $GFILE/TIDAL_FORCING/* .
+cp $DOMAIN/bathy_meter.nc .
+cp $DOMAIN/domain_cfg.nc .
+
+qsub run_script.pbs
+
+cd $WDIR 
+