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can't read the librairy of a modified inlet condition

Hello,

I am trying to run a simpleFoam simulation with a modified inlet condition, but it seems I can't read the library in which the inlet condition is defined. I get the following error message

Code:

--> FOAM Warning : 

    From function dlLibraryTable::open(const fileName&, const bool)

    in file db/dynamicLibrary/dlLibraryTable/dlLibraryTable.C at line 96

    could not load "VelRH.so"

and of course the simulation crashes

Code:

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: Unknown patchField type VelRH for patch type patch

Here is the description of my setup:
I run with OpenFOAM 2.0.x. I created a velRH directory which contains the files functionVelRHFvPatchVectorField.C, functionVelRHFvPatchVectorField.H, and the Make directory which contains the files files and options (respectively below).

Code:

functionVelRHFvPatchVectorField.C

LIB = $(FOAM_USER_LIBBIN)/velRH

Code:

EXE_INC = \

    -I$(LIB_SRC)/finiteVolume/lnInclude

EXE_LIBS =

The command wmake libso generate the following output and creates velRH in the location corresponding to $FOAM_USER_LIBBIN

Code:

wmakeLnInclude: linking include files to ./lnInclude

Making dependency list for source file functionVelRHFvPatchVectorField.C

SOURCE=functionVelRHFvPatchVectorField.C ;  g++44 -m64 -Dlinux64 -DWM_DP -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wold-style-cast -Wnon-virtual-dtor -O3  -DNoRepository -ftemplate-depth-100 -I/share/apps/OpenFOAM-2.0.x/src/finiteVolume/lnInclude -IlnInclude -I. -I/share/apps/OpenFOAM-2.0.x/src/OpenFOAM/lnInclude -I/share/apps/OpenFOAM-2.0.x/src/OSspecific/POSIX/lnInclude   -fPIC -c $SOURCE -o Make/linux64GccDPOpt/functionVelRHFvPatchVectorField.o

'.../eloisec-2.0.x/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib/velRH.so' is up to date.

Can someone help me to find out why the simulation can't load the library?
Thanks for reading this long message :)
Eloïse

Greetings Eloïse,

Try the following command, to check if the library path is within visible reach:

Code:

echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH | grep "eloisec-2.0.x/platforms/linux64GccDPOpt/lib"

Secondly, double check if the file is really there.

And I'm assuming that you edited out what was at the "..." in ".../eloisec-2.0.x", because otherwise, that would be a real problem, since it's not a standard path ;)

Best regards,
Bruno

Hello Bruno,
Thanks for your fast answer :)
1) The path is present in the $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
2) The file velRH.so actually exist, and it is located in the proper directory
Do you have any other idea?

And you are right, I "shortened" the path the the library directory :)
Regards,
Eloïse

Hi Eloïse,

Then the problem must be in the code itself. Without looking at it, it could any number of possibilities.

The only other possibility that comes to mind is the name of the library, because the traditional naming (at least from what I've seen on Linux) is to prepend "lib" to the name:

Code:

LIB = $(FOAM_USER_LIBBIN)/libvelRH

Best regards,
Bruno

Problem solved!
I shouldn't have looked that far... I just called VelRH.so instead of velRH.so in the controlDict. So classic :rolleyes:

Thanks for the help anyway!
Regards,
Eloïse