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Old   April 5, 2010, 10:20
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Hi,

Am a new OpenFOAM user

Am runing LES simulation with 10,000 time step
my problem is my walltime exceeded after 12 hours, and then I need to start from the begining,
Is there a way to continue my simulation from where it stopped
I tried this in the controlDict
startFrom latestTime;

startTime 0;
but didnt work
Help please

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Old   April 6, 2010, 16:05
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Hello,

startFrom latestTime;

should work. I know it's an obvious question, but are data saved before your wall time finishes?

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