controlDict

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FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    object      controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

// So we get a decent warning if we have multiple functionObject entries
// with the same name.
#inputMode error;

application     icoFoam;

startFrom       startTime;

startTime       0;

stopAt          endTime;

endTime         0.5;

deltaT          0.005;

writeControl    timeStep;

writeInterval   20;

purgeWrite      0;

writeFormat     ascii;

writePrecision  6;

writeCompression uncompressed;

timeFormat      general;

timePrecision   6;

runTimeModifiable yes;

functions
{
    partialWrite
    {
        // Write some registered objects more often than others.
        // Above writeControl determines most frequent dump.

        type            partialWrite;

        // Where to load it from
        functionObjectLibs ("libIOFunctionObjects.so");

        // Optional mesh region to operate on. Only one partialWrite per
        // region allowed.
        region wallFilmRegion;

        // Execute upon options:
        //  timeStep
        //  outputTime
        //  adjustableTime
        //  runTime
        //  clockTime
        //  cpuTime
        outputControl   outputTime;

        // Objects (fields or lagrangian fields in any of the clouds)
        // to write every outputTime
        objectNames    (p positions nParticle);

        // Write as normal every writeInterval'th outputTime.
        outputInterval  1; // (timeStep, outputTime)

        // Interval of time (sec) to write down(
        writeInterval   10.5 //(adjustableTime, runTime, clockTime, cpuTime)
    }

    dumpObjects
    {
        // Forcibly write registered objects

        type            writeRegisteredObject;

        // Where to load it from
        functionObjectLibs ("libIOFunctionObjects.so");

        // When to write:
        //  timeStep            (with optional outputInterval)
        //  outputTime          (with optional outputInterval)
        //  adjustableTime
        //  runTime
        //  clockTime
        //  cpuTime
        outputControl   outputTime;

         // Write every writeInterval (only valid for timeStemp, outputTime)
        outputInterval  1;

         // Interval of time (valid for adjustableTime, runTime, clockTime,
        //  cpuTime)
        writeInterval   10.5;

        // Objects to write
        objectNames    ();


        // Is the object written by this function Object alone
        // (default is false)
        //exclusiveWriting       true;
    }
}

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