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Mark Olesen bef508dedc ENH: make use of FOAM_API for environment as well (issue #1158)
- was WM_PROJECT_API in the environment and FOAM_API in dictionaries.

  Make these both consistently FOAM_API.
  This is a non-breaking change, since the value of WM_PROJECT_API
  (added in 1812) and/or FOAM_API is purely informative.
  For the current correct values, always use

    * foamEtcFile -show-api
    * wmakeBuildInfo -show-api
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OpenFOAM Configuration

The main OpenFOAM settings are located in the parent etc/ directory. Both POSIX (bash, dash,...) and csh shells are supported. To configure OpenFOAM, source either the etc/bashrc or the etc/cshrc file, as appropriate for your shell.

These source the following files in the config.sh/ or config.csh/ directories:

  • setup : finalize setup of OpenFOAM environment (called by bashrc,cshrc)
  • settings : core settings
  • aliases : aliases for interactive shells
  • unset : sourced to clear as many OpenFOAM environment settings as possible
  • mpi : MPI communications library settings
  • ensight : application settings for EnSight
  • paraview : application settings for ParaView
  • scotch : application settings for compiling against scotch
  • metis : application settings for compiling against metis

The config.*/example directories contain additional example configuration files for the corresponding shell:

  • compiler : an example of fine tuning ThirdParty compiler settings
  • openmpi : an example of fine tuning openmpi settings for OpenFOAM
  • paraview : an example of chaining to the standard config/paraview with a different ParaView_VERSION
  • prefs: an example of supplying alternative site-defined settings