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| author | tradke <tradke@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2006-05-23 18:57:30 +0000 |
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| committer | tradke <tradke@17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac> | 2006-05-23 18:57:30 +0000 |
| commit | cd98d6639b770885da2658418ee5b5c2f874ac90 (patch) | |
| tree | 045550c8bf39eced5d8e14dec52adda7555d6188 /doc/UsersGuide | |
| parent | 1c65034b9c42e5a6a031cfaad1d6980d905f86a7 (diff) | |
Document that configuration options can also be passed via shell environment
variables.
git-svn-id: http://svn.cactuscode.org/flesh/trunk@4301 17b73243-c579-4c4c-a9d2-2d5706c11dac
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex b/doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex index 8500a9b6..123fa0be 100644 --- a/doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex +++ b/doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex @@ -307,7 +307,14 @@ to override some parts of the procedure. There are three ways to pass options to the configuration process. % from the gmake command line. \begin{enumerate} - \item[1a]{} + \item[1]{} + Pass options individually in shell environment variables: + + {\tt export <option name>=<chosen value> \# for bash}\\ + {\tt setenv <option name> <chosen value> \# for (t)csh}\\ + {\tt gmake <configuration name>-config} + + \item[2a]{} Either: create a default configuration file \texttt{\$\{HOME\}/.cactus/config}. All available configuration options may be set in a default options file @@ -319,7 +326,7 @@ There are three ways to pass options to the configuration process. The equals sign is optional. Spaces are allowed everywhere. Text starting wit a \texttt{'\#'} character will be ignored as a comment. - \item[1b]{} + \item[2b]{} Or: list your Cactus configuration files in an environment variable \texttt{CACTUS\_CONFIG\_FILES}: @@ -331,8 +338,8 @@ There are three ways to pass options to the configuration process. Each file should be given by its full path. The options file has the same format as \texttt{\$\{HOME\}/.cactus/config}. - \item[2]{} - Add options to a configuration file and use, + \item[3]{} + Add the options to a configuration file and use, \texttt{gmake <\var{config name}>-config options=<\var{filename}>} @@ -340,7 +347,7 @@ There are three ways to pass options to the configuration process. (Note these options are \emph{added} to those from the \texttt{\$\{HOME\}/.cactus/config} file.) - \item[3]{} + \item[4]{} Pass the options individually on the command line, \texttt{gmake <\var{config name}>-config |