[JR22]

Hi,

Is it possible to have the computer where your model is running send you an email (text message, or whatever) when either the model finished running, or when it breaks due to an error? I have a desktop computer running my OpenFoam models, and it sometimes takes minutes (when the model breaks) or hours (when the model successfully runs).

Thanks

P.D. I realize this might be more of a Linux than an OpenFoam question, but I bet it is very relevant to modeling.

[wyldckat]

Hi Jose,

Well, it all depends on how you ran the case in the first place... if you used an Allrun script, identical to OpenFOAM's tutorials, then you can try adding this to the end of the script:

echo "Sending separate email with the simulation status..."
  (
    echo "Case in question:"
    head -n 20 log.$application
    echo
     echo
     echo
     echo
    echo "Last 100 lines of the output for the solver $application:"
     echo
    tail -n 100 log.$application
  ) | mail -s "Summary Report from the case $PWD" yourname@email.address

The mail application can be one of several. In my case, I use the package "bsd-mailx" on Ubuntu.

The "$application" variable is sometimes defined in Allrun scripts... for example in "tutorials/incompressible/pimpleFoam/TJunctionFan/Allrun": https://github.com/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM...tionFan/Allrun

Best regards,
Bruno

[Lieven]

Just as an addition.
If the system you run the jobs on is working with a resource management system like PBS/Torque, you can add something like

#PBS -m ae -M albert.einstein@princeton.edu

to the run script...

Cheers,

L

[olivierG]

hello,

You may also take a look at the function Object "systemCall", which should also work.

regards,
olivier

[wyldckat]

Greetings to all!

@Olivier: Nice one! But the downside of the "systemCall" is that it will only work if all goes well...

By the way, for anyone who is intrigued by the "systemCall" function object: http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Ti...ect_systemCall

Best regards,
Bruno