RESTART FILE OVERWRITE

Overview

RESTART_FILE_OVERWRITE is a keyword which is used in conjunction with RESTART_FILE_OUTPUT_TIME to create an image of the state of a given MOHID run. The image of the state of a MOHID run is a set of up to 5 .fin files. One per Module. Each file contains the module name and eventually the date-time of the state coded in the filename. Example: WaterProperties_1_20070516-120000.fin5. This keyword in particular states whether to keep a record of every state output by appending a date-time suffix, whether to keep only the last output with no date-time suffix. A date-time suffix is composed like this: YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.

Usage

Simply add in every file of the required modules (see list below) the keyword with the true or false value.

Syntax

RESTART_FILE_OVERWRITE : first_output_value second_output_value last_output_is_frequency

is to be inserted at the root of the file (i.e. not inside a begin/end block).

Default value

By default, the outputs will be overwritten.

RESTART_FILE_OVERWRITE : 1

Modules

Here is a list of modules in which this keyword should be used in the correspondent data files:

• Module Hydrodynamic
• Module WaterProperties
• Module InterfaceSedimentWater
• Module Turbulence
• Module Lagrangian

Dependent keywords

Here's a list of mandatory keywords

• RESTART_FILE_OUTPUT_TIME

Sample

This example will produce outputs in the initial instant of the simulation and afterwards with a time step of 3600 seconds. It will also add a time suffix for each outputs.

RESTART_FILE_OUTPUT_TIME: 0.  3600. 
RESTART_FILE_OVERWRITE  : 0

See also

Here's a list of related keywords

• RESTART_FILE_OUTPUT_TIME
• CONTINUOUS
• OUTPUT_TIME