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 ## How to compile the model (on gaea)
 
-(cd build;  ./linux-build-mom6sis2.bash -m gaea -p intel16 -t prod )
+(cd builds;  ./linux-build-mom6sis2.bash -m gaea -p intel16 -t prod )
 
 ## How to get the INPUT datasets needed for the experiments in this repo