#!/bin/bash
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#
# Script
# foamMergeCase
#
# Description
# Copy a case from a given source directory and merge differences into it.
# Differences are specified in dictionaries laid out on disk in the same
# way as in the source case. This allows for variants of a case to be
# created without replicating common parts of the configuration.
#
# For example, if the source case is configured to use a RAS turbulence
# model, but the variant is to run laminar, then a
# system/momentumTransport.orig file can be created for the variant which
# contains only the following:
#
# // Set the momentum transport model to laminar simulationType
# laminar;
#
# // Remove the (now) redundant RAS settings for clarity
# ~RAS;
#
# Files specifying the differences are, by default, located in the current
# case directory. These must have a .orig extension to prevent them from
# being overwritten by the merge operation.
#
# Optionally, additional variant case directories can be supplied, in which
# case multiple variations will be applied successively to the source case
# files.
#
# The foamUnMergeCase script can be used, with identical arguments, to
# reverse the merge operation and recover the original configuration with
# only the variant files present.
#
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usageArguments() {
cat< ...
USAGE
}
usageConcise() {
usageArguments
cat<&2
while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do echo; echo "*** Error: $1"; shift; done
usageConcise
echo
exit 1
}
while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
do
case "$1" in
-h | -help)
usageVerbose && echo && exit 0
;;
-*)
error "Unknown option: '$*'"
;;
*)
break
;;
esac
done
[ $# -ge 1 ] || error "Incorrect arguments specified"
# Set the source directory
srcDir="$1"
[ -d "$srcDir" ] || error "Directory '$srcDir' not found"
srcControlDict="$srcDir/system/controlDict"
[ -f "$srcControlDict" ] || error "File '$srcControlDict' not found"
shift
# Set the variant directories
varDirs=()
while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
do
[ -d "$1" ] || error "Directory '$1' not found"
varDirs+=("$1")
shift
done
# Get the initial time
foamDictionary "$srcControlDict" -entry startTime -quiet \
|| error "Entry 'startTime' not found in file '$srcControlDict'"
t0=$(foamDictionary "$srcControlDict" -entry startTime -value)
# Check that all affected files in this case have .orig extensions so that
# nothing gets permanently overridden
for srcOrVarDir in "$srcDir" "${varDirs[@]}"
do
while read -r file
do
thisFileNoOrig="./${file%*.orig}"
if [ -f "$thisFileNoOrig" ]
then
error "Cannot not merge into non-orig file '$thisFileNoOrig'"
fi
done < <(
cd "$srcOrVarDir" && \
find ./"$t0" constant system \
\( -name polyMesh -prune -o -name fvMesh -prune \) \
-o -type f -print 2>/dev/null
)
done
# Copy files from the source case
while read -r file
do
srcFile="$srcDir/$file"
thisFileNoOrig="./${file%*.orig}"
thisDir="$(dirname "$thisFileNoOrig")"
# Don't copy if there is an orig-variant of this file
[ -f "$srcFile.orig" ] && continue
# Make the directory
[ -d "$thisDir" ] || mkdir -p "$thisDir"
# Copy the source file into the case
cp "$srcFile" "$thisFileNoOrig"
done < <(
cd "$srcDir" && \
find ./"$t0" constant system \
\( -name polyMesh -prune -o -name fvMesh -prune \) \
-o -type f -print 2>/dev/null
)
# Merge in settings from the variant directories
prevDirs=("$srcDir")
for varDir in "${varDirs[@]}"
do
prevDirs+=("$varDir")
while read -r file
do
varFile="$varDir/$file"
thisFileNoOrig="./${file%*.orig}"
thisDir="$(dirname "$thisFileNoOrig")"
# Don't merge or copy if there is a previous orig-variant of this file
prevFile=
for prevDir in "${prevDirs[@]}"
do
if [ -f "$prevDir/$file.orig" ]
then
prevFile="$prevDir/$file.orig"
fi
done
[ -z "$prevFile" ] || continue
# Make the directory
[ -d "$thisDir" ] || mkdir -p "$thisDir"
# If the file exists in this case then merge into it,
# and if not then copy to create it
if [ -f "$thisFileNoOrig" ]
then
foamDictionary -dict -merge "$varFile" "$thisFileNoOrig"
else
cp "$varFile" "$thisFileNoOrig"
fi
done < <(
cd "$varDir" && \
find ./"$t0" constant system \
\( -path constant/polyMesh -prune -o -path constant/fvMesh -prune \) \
-o -type f -print 2>/dev/null
)
done
# Merge in settings from this directory
while read -r file
do
thisFileOrig="./$file"
thisFileNoOrig="./${file%*.orig}"
# If the file exists in this case then merge into it
if [ -f "$thisFileNoOrig" ]
then
foamDictionary -dict -merge "$thisFileOrig" "$thisFileNoOrig"
fi
done < <(find ./"$t0" constant system -type f -name "*.orig" 2>/dev/null)
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