Command line options

The TRACE command line help can be printed using

TRACE --help

The following table summarises the available options.

Long option	Short option	Argument	Description
--cgnsFile	-cgns	filename	TRACE conform CGNS file [mandatory].
--controlFile	-cntl	filename	Specify TRACE control file.
--help	-h		Show help message and exit.
--loadbalanceFile	-lb	filename	Specify Load balance file.
--runtimelimit	-rtl	duration	Specify duration of the TRACE run in format [[[<days>:]<hours>:]<minutes>:]<seconds>.
--noParallelCGNS	-npc		Deactivate quasi-parallel CGNS IO.
--nativeParallelCGNSIO	-npio		Use the native parallel CNGS IO (only available if the CGNS library is built with parallel IO support).
--deactivateMergeCGNS	-dmc		Deactivate merging of split CGNS files.
--useScratchSubDirs	-usd	number	Use scratch sub-directories when writing CGNS files. Requires the specification of the number of files per scratch sub-directory.
--cgnsCompatibilityOff			Deactivate the use of the CGNS 3 compatibility mode (only available using 32 bit CGNS library).
--nThreads	-tpp	number	Specify number of threads per process (default = 1).
--stdout	-o	filename	Specify file 'filename' for standard output, process 0 uses 'filename000' etc...
--verbose			Show more information on screen.
--version			Show version and exit.
--config			Show build configuration and exit.
--gitrevision			Show git revision (output of git-describe when the code was compiled)
--userPythonScript	-py	filename	Python file for user defined functions