launching simulation with runcase using XML parameter file

[Vance-Turner]

According to the user guides for version 2.0 and 3.0, it is possible to use the XML parameter file created from the GUI to launch a simulation from the shell (without the GUI). The runcase file gives a barebones launch example. When launching a simulation with the runcase file, is it necessary to have copied any of the Fortran script files into the SRC directory? I am not setting any parameters in the Fortran files. The parameters set through the xml are sufficient for my needs.

For context, I'm building a system to automate many simulations with differing mesh files and some changes in parameters. I'd like to be able to have a template XML parameter file which is copied into each new case data directory and then modified for that new case. The system will then launch the simulation through a shell. There will be no user interaction beyond creating the first template XML file and starting the system.

[Yvan Fournier]

Hello,

If the xml is sufficient for your case, you do not need any file in the SRC directory.

Regards,

Yvan

[Vance-Turner]

Thank-you very much!

Vance