[Bashar]

Hi,
Sorry to post this but I searched the forum and didn't find something that will solve my issue. My problem is that I am getting the following error , with openFoam 5.x, when I tried to reconstruct my case that I used binary format in controlDict to write the data :

Reconstructing fields for mesh region0



--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
Expected a ')' while reading binaryBlock, found on line 20 an error

file: /media/bashar/Bashar/Research/Free_Surface/VOF_1.5cm_75cm/constant/polyMesh/faces at line 20.

    From function Foam::Istream& Foam::Istream::readEnd(const char*)
    in file db/IOstreams/IOstreams/Istream.C at line 109.

FOAM exiting

My controlDict is:

\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       dictionary;
    location    "system";
    object      controlDict;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

application     interFoam;

startFrom       latestTime;//startTime;

startTime       0.0000;

stopAt          endTime;//writeNow;//endTime;

endTime         40;

deltaT          0.001;

writeControl    runTime;

writeInterval   0.5;

purgeWrite      0;

writeFormat     binary;//ascii;

writePrecision  6;

writeCompression uncompressed;

timeFormat      fixed;

timePrecision   4;

runTimeModifiable yes;

adjustTimeStep  yes;

maxCo           0.5;
maxAlphaCo      0.25;

maxDeltaT       1;

//stopAt          writeNow;

I tried on of the suggestions on the forum to convert the data from binary to ASCII but again I got this error:

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  5.x                                   |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build  : 5.x-19576d14a099
Exec   : foamFormatConvert
Date   : Apr 18 2018
Time   : 10:53:50
Host   : "fluid10"
PID    : 26981
I/O    : uncollated
Case   : /media/bashar/Bashar/Research/Free_Surface/VOF_1.5cm_75cm
nProcs : 1
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster (fileModificationSkew 10)
allowSystemOperations : Allowing user-supplied system call operations

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Create time

Time = constant
        Reading labelList : owner


--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
Expected a ')' while reading binaryBlock, found on line 21 an error

file: /media/bashar/Bashar/Research/Free_Surface/VOF_1.5cm_75cm/constant/polyMesh/owner at line 21.

    From function Foam::Istream& Foam::Istream::readEnd(const char*)
    in file db/IOstreams/IOstreams/Istream.C at line 109.

FOAM exiting

I tried to execute the foamFormatConvert tool excluding the constant folder since it always complain about it in the error, I got this error:

/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  5.x                                   |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Build  : 5.x-19576d14a099
Exec   : foamFormatConvert -noConstant
Date   : Apr 18 2018
Time   : 10:56:38
Host   : "fluid10"
PID    : 27016
I/O    : uncollated
Case   : /media/bashar/Bashar/Research/Free_Surface/VOF_1.5cm_75cm
nProcs : 1
sigFpe : Enabling floating point exception trapping (FOAM_SIGFPE).
fileModificationChecking : Monitoring run-time modified files using timeStampMaster (fileModificationSkew 10)
allowSystemOperations : Allowing user-supplied system call operations

// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
Excluding the constant directory.

Create time

Time = 0.0000
        Reading volScalarField : nut
        Writing nut
        Reading volScalarField : alpha.water
        Writing alpha.water
        Reading volVectorField : U
        Writing U
        Reading volVectorField : U.org
        Writing U.org
        Reading volScalarField : nuTilda
        Writing nuTilda
        Reading volScalarField : alpha.water.org
        Writing alpha.water.org
        Reading volScalarField : p_rgh
        Writing p_rgh
        Create polyMesh for time = 0.0000


--> FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: 
Expected a ')' while reading binaryBlock, found on line 20 an error

file: /media/bashar/Bashar/Research/Free_Surface/VOF_1.5cm_75cm/constant/polyMesh/faces at line 20.

    From function Foam::Istream& Foam::Istream::readEnd(const char*)
    in file db/IOstreams/IOstreams/Istream.C at line 109.

FOAM exiting

Its still reading the constant folder !

Regards,
Bashar

[rhinos92]

Hi Bashar,


sorry to bother you on this old thread, did you solve the issue?
Because I am experiencing the same on OF7 and Ubuntu 20.10


Thanks!