OpenFOAM Command not recognized

jethro · April 6, 2011, 07:34

Dear all

I have recently installed openFOAM 1.7.0 for Win32 and started going through the cavity tuturials. There has been occasions where commands specified in the user guide is not recognized in the shell command: (for example)

'cat log'
'touch cavityFine/cavityFine.OpenFOAM'

This prompts me that not commands are found/callable after installation, or the installation was not made correctly. Has anyone come across this issue? Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards
Jethro

wyldckat · April 6, 2011, 08:56

Greetings Jethro and welcome to the forum!

The thread you're looking for is this one: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...7-0-win32.html

Additionally, if you're not using MSys, then don't expect that Linux/Unix commands will work in Windows.

Best regards,
Bruno

jethro · April 6, 2011, 10:28

Hi Bruno

Thanks for your response. Glad to see the OpenFOAM forum very active!

As I am not familiar with Unix/Linix systems, after reading the linked thread and your reply, I am asumming that not all commands are avail. on the Win32 ver. of openFOAM. But upon using a GNU utility, all Linux/Unix commands will run native to windows, which would make commands such as those mentioned ('cat', 'touch') available?

I will give MSYS a try and hopefully that solves the problem.
Thanks again.

Regards
Jethro

April 6, 2011, 07:34	OpenFOAM Command not recognized	#1
jethro New Member Jethro Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: London, England Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Dear all I have recently installed openFOAM 1.7.0 for Win32 and started going through the cavity tuturials. There has been occasions where commands specified in the user guide is not recognized in the shell command: (for example) 'cat log' 'touch cavityFine/cavityFine.OpenFOAM' This prompts me that not commands are found/callable after installation, or the installation was not made correctly. Has anyone come across this issue? Any help would be much appreciated. Regards Jethro

April 6, 2011, 08:56		#2
wyldckat Retired Super Moderator Bruno Santos Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,982 Blog Entries: 45 Rep Power: 128	Greetings Jethro and welcome to the forum! The thread you're looking for is this one: http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...7-0-win32.html Additionally, if you're not using MSys, then don't expect that Linux/Unix commands will work in Windows. Best regards, Bruno __________________ OpenFOAM: FAQ \| Getting started Forum: How to get help, to post code/output and forum guide Read this before sending me PM

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April 6, 2011, 10:28		#3
jethro New Member Jethro Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: London, England Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hi Bruno Thanks for your response. Glad to see the OpenFOAM forum very active! As I am not familiar with Unix/Linix systems, after reading the linked thread and your reply, I am asumming that not all commands are avail. on the Win32 ver. of openFOAM. But upon using a GNU utility, all Linux/Unix commands will run native to windows, which would make commands such as those mentioned ('cat', 'touch') available? I will give MSYS a try and hopefully that solves the problem. Thanks again. Regards Jethro