word::stripInvalid() called for word

gustafson · February 23, 2019, 14:23

Hi all,
I'm new at this so please forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to run the motorBike example in incompressible simplefoam. I'm getting the following error in decomposePar:

Constructing processor meshes
word::stripInvalid() called for word homepetemotorBikeprocessor0
For debug level (= 2) > 1 this is considered fatal

I believe I've tracked this to be that it cannot create the processor directories (6 in the example). If I create one of the directories I get a different error message (saying it is already decomposed).

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Antimony · February 27, 2019, 01:02

Hi,

Do you have a log file of when you run decomposePar? Could you post that?

This type of error usually occurs when you have invalid characters in the path/name of the case. Do you have a space somewhere between words in the name?

Cheers,
Antimony

February 23, 2019, 14:23	word::stripInvalid() called for word	#1
gustafson New Member Pete Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi all, I'm new at this so please forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to run the motorBike example in incompressible simplefoam. I'm getting the following error in decomposePar: Constructing processor meshes word::stripInvalid() called for word homepetemotorBikeprocessor0 For debug level (= 2) > 1 this is considered fatal I believe I've tracked this to be that it cannot create the processor directories (6 in the example). If I create one of the directories I get a different error message (saying it is already decomposed). Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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February 27, 2019, 01:02		#2
Antimony Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 407 Rep Power: 15	Hi, Do you have a log file of when you run decomposePar? Could you post that? This type of error usually occurs when you have invalid characters in the path/name of the case. Do you have a space somewhere between words in the name? Cheers, Antimony