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Hi world,

I have successfully iterated around 6 case and achieved convergence...

Suddenly for all the 6 cases i get this same error!!
can anyone tell me what is wrong ?

Quote:

--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:
cannot find file

file: /home/zaynah/Desktop/system/controlDict at line 0.

From function regIOobject::readStream()
in file db/regIOobject/regIOobjectRead.C at line 73.

FOAM exiting

yes,
the code is telling you whats wrong

i can not interpret where its wrong..!!

it say my control dict is error but it is fine.>!!!..:(
and it say cannot find the file..:(

Quote:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| ========= | |
| \\ / F ield | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox |
| \\ / O peration | Version: 2.1.0 |
| \\ / A nd | Web: www.OpenFOAM.org |
| \\/ M anipulation | |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
version 2.0;
format ascii;
class dictionary;
location "system";
object controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

application icoFoam;

startFrom latestTime;

startTime 0;

stopAt endTime;

endTime 10;

deltaT 0.05;

writeControl timeStep;

writeInterval 20;

purgeWrite 0;

writeFormat ascii;

writePrecision 6;

writeCompression off;

timeFormat general;

timePrecision 6;

runTimeModifiable true;

adjustTimeStep true;

when it comes to error messages its hard to be much clearer than this.

its telling you that it cannot find the file /home/zaynah/Desktop/system/controlDict

WELll i got that part,,,that its not finding the file..!!

according to your experience why its not seeing it??????
:(

Greetings to all!

@zaynah04: the following instructions should help you diagnose what is happening:

In the terminal where you are getting that error, run:

Code:

ls -l /home/zaynah/Desktop/system/controlDict

It should say that the file doesn't exist.
- But in case it does say it exists, then the first block of text should reveal what's wrong. For example, the following should appear if everything was OK:
  
  Code:
  
  -rwxrwxr-x 1 zaynah zaynah 1941 Jan 10 2013 /home/zaynah/Desktop/system/controlDict
  
  The following is what indicates the access permissions:
  
  Code:
  
  -rwxrwxr-x
  
  That is an OK example. This would be an example that might lead to the error you are getting:
  
  Code:
  
  ----------
  
  Which would mean that no one has permissions to access this file....
Now, assuming the file doesn't exist, then verify where you are trying to execute the OpenFOAM solver or utility - the following two commands should tell you the same thing, namely the folder you are currently on:

Code:

pwd echo $PWD

If it tells you that the current folder is "/home/zaynah/Desktop/"... well, then the solver/utility wasn't lying to you ;)
There is yet another possibility: if you are running an "Allrun" script, the script might be assuming that a certain variable is properly defined, which might no longer be true, since you might not be running on the same terminal you were using the other day when it worked.

Best regards,
Bruno

Dear Bruno,

I have typed first command that u wrote. It said invalid option..
but then after i again run the case miraculously all was fine again!!!

thanks a lot..