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Cactus Code Frequently Asked Questions
-$Header: /mnt/data2/cvs2svn/cvs-repositories/Cactus/doc/FAQ,v 1.57 2003-02-11 11:45:55 tradke Exp $
+$Header: /mnt/data2/cvs2svn/cvs-repositories/Cactus/doc/FAQ,v 1.58 2003-02-13 16:56:32 allen Exp $
Also available at http://www.cactuscode.org/Documentation/FAQ
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H1 I want to run an old parameter file, but none of the I/O parameters are
recognised!
+H2 I would like to use checkpointing for a thorn which has complex grid
+ arrays. I tried to use the IOFlexIO thorn and received the error:
+ Unsupported CCTK variable datatype 10. Is there a way to checkpoint
+ complex variables?
+
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http://www.cactuscode.org/Development/Release/FixParametersForBETA13.pl
+H2 I would like to use checkpointing for a thorn which has complex grid
+ arrays. I tried to use the IOFlexIO thorn and received the error:
+ Unsupported CCTK variable datatype 10. Is there a way to checkpoint
+ complex variables?
+
+ Yes there is: use IOHDF5 instead of IOFlexIO. The FlexIO library doesn't
+ support a native complex datatype, and we decided not to add extra logic
+ complex numbers in IOFlexIO. HDF5 does not have this limitation, it
+ natively supports all Cactus datatypes.
+
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