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is that possible to setup the writecontrol to only save the latest 5 time files?

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Old   December 17, 2015, 18:29
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Dear Foamers,

Normally, I only use the data from the last several time files

I would like to ask is that possible to only save the latest time files and automatically remove the ones before during the calculation, in order to save some disk space?

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Hi,

There is User guide: http://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-guide/controldict/, look for purgeWrite.
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Old   December 17, 2015, 19:55
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Thanks very much. that is what I need!
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