Node36 – CFD SUPPORT

Previous: OpenFOAM User Directory Up: OpenFOAM Structure Next: Meshes in OpenFOAM
_{This is an automatically generated documentation by LaTeX2HTML utility. In case of any issue, please, contact us at info@cfdsupport.com.}

System Variables and Aliases

Directory	Variable	Alias	Description
OpenFOAM-dev	WM_PROJECT_DIR	foam	Jumps to directory of version dev
applications	FOAM_APP	app	Jumps to directory application
solvers	FOAM_SOLVERS	sol	Jumps to directory application/solvers
utilities	FOAM_UTILITIES	util	Jumps to directory application/utilities
platforms
platformName
lib	FOAM_LIBBIN	lib	Jumps to directory with compiled libraries
src	FOAM_SRC	src	Jumps to directory src
tutorials	FOAM_TUTORIALS	tut	Jumps to directory tutorials

System variable (environment variable)
definition:
# export variable=value (bash)
# setenv variable value (csh, tcsh)
usage:
# $variable
example:
# export WM_PROJECT_DIR=$HOME/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-dev
# defines system variable WM_PROJECT_DIR, which contains the path to directory OpenFOAM-dev
# cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR
# jump to directory OpenFOAM-dev
alias (user defined one-word command substitution for another command)
definition:
# alias name=`commands`
usage:
# name
example:
# alias foam=`cd $WM_PROJECT_DIR`
# alias definition foam for jumping to directory OpenFOAM-dev
# foam
# jumps to directory OpenFOAM-dev

Previous: OpenFOAM User Directory Up: OpenFOAM Structure Next: Meshes in OpenFOAM