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Old   October 27, 2019, 23:33
Default Issue with running first tutorial (pitzDaily)
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When I try and use the blockMesh command I get the following error

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/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\              | =========                 |                                                 |              | \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |              |  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  4.0                                   |              |   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |              |    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |              \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/              Build  : 4.0                                                                                 Exec   : blockMesh                                                                           Date   : Oct 27 2019                                                                         Time   : 21:17:50                                                                            Host   : "DESKTOP-KF81SG4"                                                                   PID    : 7601                                                                                Case   : /home/anthonygay1812/OpenFOAM/anthonygay1812-dev/run/pitzDaily                      nProcs : 1                                                                                   fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster          allowSystemOperations : Allowing user-supplied system call operations                                                                                                                     // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //              Create time                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         --> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR:                                                                     Illegal dictionary entry or environment variable name "start"                                Valid dictionary entries are                                                                 2                                                                                            (                                                                                            type                                                                                         axis                                                                                         )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      file: /home/anthonygay1812/OpenFOAM/anthonygay1812-dev/run/pitzDaily/system/streamlines.uniformCoeffs from line 25 to line 26.                                                                                                                                                             From function bool Foam::primitiveEntry::expandVariable(const Foam::string&, const Foam::dictionary&)                                                                                     in file db/dictionary/primitiveEntry/primitiveEntry.C at line 94.                                                                                                                     FOAM exiting
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Old   February 13, 2020, 19:50
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Sorry for the code formatting in the post. I cant remember what my solution was, however it was most likely just an error in my control dict judging from the error.

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