Overview:

The IO_FILES table is where you declare most of the non-dss output from a simulation, including echoed text output files, restart files and output tidefiles from HYDRO(input tidefiles are specified for QUAL and PTM in the TIDEFILE section). IO_FILES can only be specified in the main text input file (hydro.inp, qual.inp, ptm.inp).

Tables:

IO_FILE

Keyword Descriptions

MODEL
Model generating the file. For a restart file this should be the model (hydro|qual) that is being restarted. For echoed output use the keyword "output".
TYPE
Type of file: hdf5, restart,  or "none" for echoed output.
IO
Type of file "in" "out" or "none" for echoed output.
INTERVAL
Interval, for hdf5 tidefile output.
FILENAME
Name of file. Should have a suitable extension: *.hrf for hydro restart file, *.qrf for qual restart file, *.h5 for hdf5 tidefile or *.out for echoed output.

Table Info

Identifier:
none: no layering
Include Block:
none: launch file only

Examples:

HYDRO example:

This example includes standard hydro runtime output file, a restart output file that is regenerated every model day (overwriting the previous day's file), an hdf5 tidefile for passing information to QUAL and an echo file (replicate of input). All of the file names use text substitution -- the value would come from an environmental variable, ENVVARS section in the input file or ENVVARS section of a config file. 

IO_FILES      
MODEL  TYPE     IO    INTERVAL FILENAME  
output none     none  none     ${HYDROOUTFILE}  
hydro  restart  out   1day     ${QUALRSTFILE}  
hydro  hdf5     out   1hour    ${HYDROHDF5FILE}  
hydro  echo     out   none     ${DSM2MODIFIER}_hydro_echo.inp  
END

QUAL example:

This example includes a general qual runtime output file, a restart output file that is regenerated every model day (overwriting the previous day's file), a restart file that will be used to generate the initial condition for the run, and an hdf5 tidefile for passing information to QUAL and an echo file (exact replicate of input).

IO_FILES      
MODEL  TYPE    IO   INTERVAL FILENAME  
output none    none none     ${QUALOUTFILE}  
qual   restart out  1day     ${QUALRESTART}  
qual   restart in   none     qualinit_30SEP1999.qrf  
qual   echo    out  none     ${DSM2MODIFIER}_qual_echo.inp  
END

PTM example:

This example includes a PTM trace file (which is required to produce flux DSS output) and an animation file (which is required for animated output).

IO_FILES      
MODEL TYPE  IO  INTERVAL FILENAME  
ptm   trace out none     ${DSM2OUTPUTDIR}/trace.out  
ptm   anim  out 15min    ${DSM2OUTPUTDIR}/anim.out
ptm   echo  out none     ${DSM2MODIFIER}_ptm_echo.inp  
END

Usage Notes: