OpenFOAM Configuration

The main OpenFOAM settings are located in the parent etc/ directory. The bash and csh shells are supported and to configure OpenFOAM source etc/bashrc or etc/cshrc respectively which source the following files in the config.sh or config.csh respectively:

• 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 5

The config.*/example directories contains various 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