CFD Online Discussion Forums - Overwriting dictionary from BC

Dear all,

I am creating a custom BC that has to read a dictionary, and after some calculations, write back some new values. My dictionary is initially located in ./constant/ folder, so it is accessed easily:

Code:

    IOdictionary flowDict

    (

        IOobject

        (

            flowDict_,

            this->db().time().constant(),

            this->db(),

            IOobject::MUST_READ,

            IOobject::AUTO_WRITE

        )

    );

Later on the code I try to write a new value:

Code:

        flowDict.set("allCheckAlpha", true);

        flowDict.Foam::regIOobject::write();

Everything works fine, but if I run my code in parallel, this dictionary gets written within ./processor*/constant/ . Then, if I restart the simulation, it is read by default from this last location.

It would be very convenient for me not to have hundreds of flowDicts scattered around in the ./processor*/constant/ folders, but just one copy in the main constant folder.

Any clues on how to fix this issue?

Thanks!

Pablo