[Other] Running OpenFoam on Windows from cmd

mahdialloush · March 17, 2017, 04:39

Hi everyone,

I have so far read a lot of things about docker, machines, containers .. but still I cant run openfoam commands on the windows cmd. I need to run the commands from the typical cmd terminal of windows.

Thanks

piu58 · March 17, 2017, 05:55

You may install the windows port from cfd support

http://www.cfdsupport.com/de/openfoam-for-windows.html

The standard is running the program from a windows version of bash. It is possible however, to use the cmd console. You have to set the execution path to all libraries the program requires, that's all.

mahdialloush · March 17, 2017, 06:04

Thanks. The thing is that I wan to make a batch file which includes a set of commands:

1) start openfoam container
2) go to directory of openfoam case
3) run openfoam solver

So, is it possibe?

piu58 · March 17, 2017, 12:03

For that, you don't need to use the command shell. The bash will do this as well and without problems with search paths. Simply write a shell script, which is very similar to a batch file of cmd.

March 17, 2017, 04:39	Running OpenFoam on Windows from cmd	#1
mahdialloush New Member Mhamad Mahdi Alloush Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Beirut, Lebanon Posts: 10 Rep Power: 10	Hi everyone, I have so far read a lot of things about docker, machines, containers .. but still I cant run openfoam commands on the windows cmd. I need to run the commands from the typical cmd terminal of windows. Thanks

March 17, 2017, 05:55		#2
piu58 Senior Member Uwe Pilz Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Leipzig, Germany Posts: 744 Rep Power: 15	You may install the windows port from cfd support http://www.cfdsupport.com/de/openfoam-for-windows.html The standard is running the program from a windows version of bash. It is possible however, to use the cmd console. You have to set the execution path to all libraries the program requires, that's all. __________________ Uwe Pilz -- Die der Hauptbewegung überlagerte Schwankungsbewegung ist in ihren Einzelheiten so hoffnungslos kompliziert, daß ihre theoretische Berechnung aussichtslos erscheint. (Hermann Schlichting, 1950)

March 17, 2017, 12:03		#4
piu58 Senior Member Uwe Pilz Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Leipzig, Germany Posts: 744 Rep Power: 15	For that, you don't need to use the command shell. The bash will do this as well and without problems with search paths. Simply write a shell script, which is very similar to a batch file of cmd. __________________ Uwe Pilz -- Die der Hauptbewegung überlagerte Schwankungsbewegung ist in ihren Einzelheiten so hoffnungslos kompliziert, daß ihre theoretische Berechnung aussichtslos erscheint. (Hermann Schlichting, 1950)

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mahdialloush New Member Mhamad Mahdi Alloush Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Beirut, Lebanon Posts: 10 Rep Power: 10	Thanks. The thing is that I wan to make a batch file which includes a set of commands: 1) start openfoam container 2) go to directory of openfoam case 3) run openfoam solver So, is it possibe?