summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex')
-rw-r--r--doc/UsersGuide/RunningCactus.tex17
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