How to Copy OF Installation
 

Hi Foamers!

I've got a working installation of OpenFOAM in my home directory. Now I would like to copy this installation on another Computer. Is this possible? And how? Doing this results in some errors, when I'm trying to run OpenFOAM in parallel.

Best regards,

Za-ck

Greetings Za-ck,

It depends on how you make the copy from one machine to the other one.

• If it's direct over network, you can use rsync:
  
  Code:

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  rsync -ave ssh --progress ~/OpenFOAM/ othermachinename:~/OpenFOAM/

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• If it's with an intermediate disk/USB drive, you can create a tarball:
  
  Code:

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  cd
tar -cjf OpenFOAM.tar.bz2 OpenFOAM

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  Then to unpack on the other machine:
  
  Code:

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  cd
tar -xf OpenFOAM.tar.bz2

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  • The "cd" command is only to make sure that you are in your home folder, namely the one indicated by this command:
    Code:

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    echo $HOME

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Best regards,
Bruno

Hi Bruno,

I tried the second way and it works perfectly, also in parallel. Thank You!
I think my fault was, that I did not copy the "user-rights".