From 11752041d3a4591b9eac0b3fbf4ff2fde3aae292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: andy <a.heather@opencfd.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:43:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added option to change dictionary in /constant

  - could do with a 'nice' way to treat parent folders - constant, system, time dirs etc
---
 .../changeDictionary/changeDictionary.C       | 25 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/changeDictionary/changeDictionary.C b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/changeDictionary/changeDictionary.C
index 6ff9bbce18..917ddb0f1b 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/preProcessing/changeDictionary/changeDictionary.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/preProcessing/changeDictionary/changeDictionary.C
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ namespace Foam
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-#   include "addRegionOption.H"
-#   include "setRootCase.H"
-#   include "createTime.H"
-#   include "createNamedMesh.H"
+    argList::validOptions.insert("constant", "");
+    #include "addRegionOption.H"
+
+    #include "setRootCase.H"
+    #include "createTime.H"
+    #include "createNamedMesh.H"
 
     fileName regionPrefix = "";
     if (regionName != fvMesh::defaultRegion)
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         regionPrefix = regionName;
     }
 
+    bool constant = args.options().found("constant");
+
     // Get the replacement rules from a dictionary
     IOdictionary dict
     (
@@ -196,12 +200,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             Info<< "Loading dictionary " << fieldName << endl;
             const word oldTypeName = IOdictionary::typeName;
             const_cast<word&>(IOdictionary::typeName) = word::null;
+
+            word instance = "";
+            if (constant)
+            {
+                instance = runTime.constant();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                instance = runTime.timeName();
+            }
+
             IOdictionary fieldDict
             (
                 IOobject
                 (
                     fieldName,
-                    runTime.timeName(),
+                    instance,
                     mesh,
                     IOobject::MUST_READ,
                     IOobject::NO_WRITE,