vecload_block_size

[Barry Smith]

   Some binary files have another file with the same name and .info on  
the end. That file contains additional options such as - 
vecload_block_size.
If you don't want that option you can simply remove the file.


On Jul 25, 2009, at 1:20 PM, (Rebecca) Xuefei YUAN wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am reading from a binary file of the previous solution and would  
> like it to be my initial guess.
>
> However, I found that the "-vecload_block_size" is shown in the  
> PetscOptionsTable, I did not explicitly state this one in my options  
> file, why it shows up in it? And the block size has been assigned as  
> "4".
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rebecca
>
>
> Here is this PetscOptionsTable:
>
> (gdb) p *options
> $21 = {N = 28, argc = 3, Naliases = 0, args = 0xbf8e9564, names = {
>    0x8867768 "da_grid_x", 0x8867788 "da_grid_y",
>    0x88678c8 "dmmg_iscoloring_type", 0x88678a8 "dmmg_levels",
>    0x8867a20 "ksp_converged_reason", 0x8867a00 "ksp_max_it",
>    0x8847bb8 "loadbin", 0x8847bd8 "mx_grid", 0x8867748 "my",
>    0x88677d0 "number_of_time_steps", 0x8867a60 "pc_asm_overlap",
>    0x8867a40 "pc_type", 0x8867910 "snes_converged_reason",
>    0x8867998 "snes_ksp_ew", 0x8867940 "snes_max_fail",
>    0x88679d8 "snes_max_funcs", 0x88679b8 "snes_max_it",
>    0x8867968 "snes_max_linear_solve_fail", 0x8867930 "snes_mf",
>    0x88678f8 "snes_monitor", 0x8867aa8 "sub_pc_factor_shift_nonzero",
>    0x8867a88 "sub_pc_type", 0x8867850 "time_accuracy_order",
>    0x8867800 "time_step_monitor", 0x88677a8 "time_step_size",
>    0x8867818 "time_step_to_save_solution_text",
>    0x8867878 "time_to_generate_grid", 0x8855890 "vecload_block_size",
>    0x0 <repeats 484 times>}, values = {0x8867778 "8", 0x8867798 "8",
>    0x88678e8 "global", 0x88678b8 "1", 0x0, 0x8867a10 "50", 0x8847bc8  
> "true",
>    0x8867738 "9", 0x8867758 "9", 0x88677f0 "1", 0x8867a78 "1",
>    0x8867a50 "asm", 0x0, 0x88679a8 "true", 0x8867958 "100",
>    0x88679f0 "1000000", 0x88679c8 "10", 0x8867988 "100", 0x0, 0x0,  
> 0x0,
>    0x8867a98 "ilu", 0x8867868 "1", 0x0, 0x88677c0 "0.2", 0x8867840  
> "1",
>    0x8867898 "0.2", 0x8847ba8 "4", 0x0 <repeats 484 times>},  
> aliases1 = {
>    0x0 <repeats 25 times>}, aliases2 = {0x0 <repeats 25 times>},  
> used = {
>    PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_TRUE,  
> PETSC_TRUE,
>    PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_TRUE,  
> PETSC_TRUE,
>    PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_TRUE,  
> PETSC_TRUE,
>    PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_TRUE, PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_FALSE,
> ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
>    PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_FALSE, PETSC_TRUE,
>    PETSC_FALSE <repeats 485 times>}, namegiven = PETSC_TRUE,
>  programname = "/home/rebecca/linux/code/couple/twoway/twoway_oreggt/ 
> codes/tworeggt", '\0' <repeats 4028 times>, monitor = {0, 0, 0, 0,  
> 0}, monitordestroy = {
>    0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, monitorcontext = {0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0},
>  numbermonitors = 0}
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> -- 
> (Rebecca) Xuefei YUAN
> Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
> Columbia University
> Tel:917-399-8032
> www.columbia.edu/~xy2102
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