Parameters

truncate_files	Scope: private		BOOLEAN
Description: Truncate existing output files from previous runs (except when recovering) ?
			Default: yes

truncate_files_after_recovering	Scope: private		BOOLEAN
Description: Truncate existing output files after recovering ?
			Default: no

abort_on_io_errors	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Abort on I/O errors (rather than just print a warning) ?
			Default: no

checkpoint_dir	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: Output directory for checkpoint files
Range			Default: (none)
.+	A valid directory name

checkpoint_every	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: How often to checkpoint
Range			Default: -1
1:*	Every so many iterations
-1:0	Disable periodic checkpointing

checkpoint_every_walltime_hours	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: How often to checkpoint
Range			Default: -1
(0:*	After so much walltime has passed
-1	Disable periodic walltime checkpointing

checkpoint_file	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: File name for regular checkpoint
Range			Default: checkpoint.chkpt
.+	A valid filename

checkpoint_id	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Checkpoint initial data ?
			Default: no

checkpoint_id_file	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: File name for initial data checkpoint
Range			Default: checkpoint.chkpt
.+	A valid filename

checkpoint_keep	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: How many checkpoint files to keep
Range			Default: 1
1:*	1 overwrites the latest checkpoint file
-1:	Keep all checkpoint files

checkpoint_on_terminate	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Checkpoint after last iteration
			Default: no

filereader_id_dir	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: Directory to look for input files
Range			Default: (none)
.+	A valid directory name

filereader_id_files	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: List of files to read in as initial data
Range			Default: (none)
.+	Space-separated list of initial data filenames
^$	An empty string for not recovering initial data

filereader_id_vars	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: List of variables to read in from the given initial data files
Range			Default: all
all	Read all variables contained in the initial data files
.+	Space-separated list of fully qualified variable/group names
^$	An empty string for not recovering initial data

new_filename_scheme	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Use the new filename scheme for output files ?
			Default: yes

out3d_septimefiles	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Write one file per time slice, as opposed to all data in one file
			Default: no

out_criterion	Scope: restricted		KEYWORD
Description: Criterion to select output intervals
Range			Default: iteration
never	Never output
iteration	Output every so many iterations
time	Output every that much coordinate time

out_dir	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: Default output directory
Range			Default: (none)
.+	A valid directory name

out_downsample_x	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: Factor by which to downsample output in x direction. Point (0,0,0) is always included.
Range			Default: 1
1:*	A positive integer

out_downsample_y	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: Factor by which to downsample output in y direction. Point (0,0,0) is always included.
Range			Default: 1
1:*	A positive integer

out_downsample_z	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: Factor by which to downsample output in z direction. Point (0,0,0) is always included.
Range			Default: 1
1:*	A positive integer

out_dt	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: How often to do output by default
Range			Default: -2
(0:*	In intervals of that much coordinate time
	As often as possible
-1	Disable output
-2	Disable output

out_every	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: How often to do output by default
Range			Default: -1
1:*	Every so many iterations
-1:0	Disable output

out_fileinfo	Scope: restricted		KEYWORD
Description: Add some useful file information to output files ?
Range			Default: all
none	no file information
creation date	add creation date
parameter filename	add parameter filename
axis labels	add axis labels information to output files
all	add all available file information

out_mode	Scope: restricted		KEYWORD
Description: Which mode to use for output
Range			Default: proc
proc	Every processor writes its share of data into a separate file
np	Data is collected and written by every N'th processor into a separate file, where N is specified by the parameter IO::out_proc_every
onefile	All output is written into a single file by processor 0

out_proc_every	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: Do output on every N processors
Range			Default: 8
1:*	A number between [1, nprocs)

out_save_parameters	Scope: restricted		KEYWORD
Description: Save current parameter settings in output files ?
Range			Default: only set
all	Save all parameter settings
only set	Only save parameters which have been set before
no	Don't save parameter settings

out_single_precision	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Output data in single precision ?
			Default: no

out_timesteps_per_file	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: How many timesteps to write to a single file
Range			Default: -1
1:1	Number of timesteps per file (can only be 1 so far)
-1:	All timesteps in a single file

out_unchunked	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Don't write data in chunks. This parameter is ignored for single-processor runs where output is always done in unchunked mode.
			Default: no

out_xline_y	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: y-coord for 1D lines in x-direction
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [ymin, ymax]

out_xline_yi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: y-index (from 0) for 1D lines in x-direction, overrides IO::out_xline_y
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, ny)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xline_y if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xline_y if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the y-center of the box

out_xline_z	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: z-coord for 1D lines in x-direction
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [zmin, zmax]

out_xline_zi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: z-index (from 0) for 1D lines in x-direction, overrides IO::out_xline_z
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, nz)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xline_z if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xline_z if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the z-center of the box

out_xyplane_z	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: z-coord for 2D planes in xy
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [zmin, zmax]

out_xyplane_zi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: z-index (from 0) for 2D planes in xy, overrrides IO::out_xyplane_z
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, nz)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xyplane_z if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xyplane_z if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the z-center of the box

out_xzplane_y	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: y-coord for 2D planes in xz
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [ymin, ymax]

out_xzplane_yi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: y-index (from 0) for 2D planes in xz, overrrides IO::out_xzplane_y
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, ny)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xzplane_y if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_xzplane_y if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the y-center of the box

out_yline_x	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: x-coord for 1D lines in y-direction
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [xmin, xmax]

out_yline_xi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: x-index (from 0) for 1D lines in y-direction, overrides IO::out_yline_x
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, nx)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_yline_x if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_yline_x if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the x-center of the box

out_yline_z	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: z-coord for 1D lines in y-direction
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [zmin, zmax]

out_yline_zi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: z-index (from 0) for 1D lines in y-direction, overrides IO::out_yline_z
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, nz)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_yline_z if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_yline_z if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the z-center of the box

out_yzplane_x	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: x-coord for 2D planes in yz
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [xmin, xmax]

out_yzplane_xi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: x-index (from 0) for 2D planes in yz, overrrides IO::out_yzplane_x
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, nx)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_yzplane_x if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_yzplane_x if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the x-center of the box

out_zline_x	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: x-coord for 1D lines in z-direction
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [xmin, xmax]

out_zline_xi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: x-index (from 0) for 1D lines in z-direction, overrides IO::out_zline_x
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, nx)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_zline_x if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_zline_x if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the x-center of the box

out_zline_y	Scope: restricted		REAL
Description: y-coord for 1D lines in z-direction
Range			Default: 0.0
*:*	A value between [ymin, ymax]

out_zline_yi	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: y-index (from 0) for 1D lines in z-direction, overrides IO::out_zline_y
Range			Default: -2
0:*	An index between [0, ny)
-1:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_zline_y if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using 0
-2:	Default to physical coordinate IO::out_zline_y if it is within grid bounds, otherwise revert to using the y-center of the box

parfile_name	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: Filename for the parameter file to be written
Range			Default: (none)
.+	A valid filename
^$	An empty string to choose the original parameter filename

parfile_update_every	Scope: restricted		INT
Description: How often to update the parameter file for steered parameters
Range			Default: (none)
1:*	Every so many iterations
0:	Disable updating

parfile_write	Scope: restricted		KEYWORD
Description: Write a parameter file to 'IO::out_dir'
Range			Default: copy
no	Do not write a parameter file
copy	Copy the original parameter file
generate	Generate a parameter file from the current settings

print_timing_info	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Print timing information on I/O operations.
			Default: no

recover	Scope: restricted		KEYWORD
Description: Recover from a checkpoint file ?
Range			Default: no
no	Don't recover
manual	Recover from the checkpoint file as given in IO::recover_dir and IO::recover_file
auto	Automatically recover from the latest checkpoint file found in <recover_dir>
autoprobe	Probe for checkpoint files and automatically recover, continue as usual if nothing was found

recover_and_remove	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Remove checkpoint file after successful recovery ?
			Default: no

recover_dir	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: Directory to look for recovery files
Range			Default: (none)
.+	A valid directory name

recover_file	Scope: restricted		STRING
Description: Basename of recovery file
Range			Default: checkpoint.chkpt
.+	A valid filename

require_empty_output_directory	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Require that IO::out_dir is empty at startup ?
			Default: no

strict_io_parameter_check	Scope: restricted		BOOLEAN
Description: Stop on errors while parsing I/O parameters from parameter file ?
			Default: yes

verbose	Scope: restricted		KEYWORD
Description: Level of screen output for I/O
Range			Default: standard
none	No output
standard	Initial description for each I/O method
full	Maximal output