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Data Archive: mmArchive

mmArchive Screen Shot

Overview
The application mmArchive provides automated vector field and data table storage services. Although mmDisp and mmGraph are able to save such data under the direction of the user, there are situations where it is more convenient to write data to disk without interactive control.

mmArchive does not present a user interface window of its own, but like mmSolve2D relies on mmLaunch to provide an interface on its behalf. Because mmArchive does not require a window, it is possible on Unix systems to bring down the X (window) server and still keep mmArchive running in the background.

Launching
mmArchive may be started either by selecting the mmArchive button on mmLaunch, or from the command line via

tclsh oommf.tcl mmArchive [standard options]

When the mmArchive button of mmLaunch is invoked, mmArchive is launched with the -tk 0 option. This allows mmArchive to continue running if the X window server is killed. The -tk 1 option is useful only for enabling the -console option for debugging.

As noted above, mmArchive depends upon mmLaunch to provide an interface. The entry for an instance of mmArchive in the Threads column of any running copy of mmLaunch has a checkbutton next to it. This button toggles the presence of a user interface window through which the user may control that instance of mmArchive.

Inputs
mmArchive accepts vector field and data table style input from client applications (typically running solvers) on its network (socket) interface.

Outputs
The client applications that send data to mmArchive control the flow of data. mmArchive copies the data it receives into files specified by the client. There is no interactive control to select the names of these output files. A simple status line shows the most recent vector file save, or data table file open/close event.

Controls
The Exit in the mmLaunch-supplied user interface terminates mmArchive. Simply closing the user interface window does not terminate mmArchive, but only hides the control window. To kill mmArchive the Exit button must be pressed.

Known Bugs
mmArchive appends data table output to the file specified by the source client application (e.g., a running solver). If, at the same time, more than one source specifies the same file, or if the the same source sends data table output to more than one instance of mmArchive, then concurrent writes to the same file may corrupt the data in that file. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure this does not happen; there is at present no file locking mechanism in OOMMF to protect against this situation.


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OOMMF Documentation Team
January 15, 2004