Sorting is not required for balancing
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@ -659,14 +659,6 @@ atom ID. A sort value of N or -N means sort the output by the value
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in the Nth column of per-atom info in either ascending or descending
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order.
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In a parallel run, the per-processor dump file pieces can have
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significant imbalance in number of lines of per-atom info. The *balance*
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keyword determines whether the number of lines in each processor
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snapshot are balanced to be nearly the same. A balance value of *no*
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means no balancing will be done, while *yes* means balancing will be
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performed. For a serial run, this option is ignored since the output is
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already balanced. Dump sorting must be enabled to use balancing.
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The dump *local* style cannot be sorted by atom ID, since there are
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typically multiple lines of output per atom. Some dump styles, such
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as *dcd* and *xtc*, require sorting by atom ID to format the output
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@ -676,6 +668,14 @@ keywords are set to non-default values (i.e. the number of dump file
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pieces is not equal to the number of procs), then sorting cannot be
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performed.
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In a parallel run, the per-processor dump file pieces can have
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significant imbalance in number of lines of per-atom info. The *balance*
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keyword determines whether the number of lines in each processor
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snapshot are balanced to be nearly the same. A balance value of *no*
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means no balancing will be done, while *yes* means balancing will be
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performed. For a serial run, this option is ignored since the output is
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already balanced.
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.. note::
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Unless it is required by the dump style, sorting dump file
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