[cig-commits] [commit] master: manual: update description for checkpointing (30414bd)
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Link : https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/compare/4ed2ed64db642ac99fabd74cee952841ab1a7372...35604e858b058ef0e2cef147bc43fc8a3a445a98
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commit 30414bdcd452f7c86bf1b294c42a1518fe79f934
Author: Timo Heister <timo.heister at gmail.com>
Date: Sat Jul 12 12:50:42 2014 -0700
manual: update description for checkpointing
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doc/manual/manual.tex | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/manual/manual.tex b/doc/manual/manual.tex
index 693ff24..be42903 100644
--- a/doc/manual/manual.tex
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@@ -2314,14 +2314,16 @@ number of reasons to periodically save the state of the program:
To this end, \aspect{} creates a set of files in the output directory
\index[prmindex]{Output directory}
\index[prmindexfull]{Output directory}
-(selected in the parameter file) every 50 time steps in which the entire state
-of the program is saved so that a simulation can later be continued at this
+(selected in the parameter file) every N time steps (controlled by the number
+of steps or wall time as specified in \texttt{subsection Checkpointing}, see
+Section~\ref{parameters:Checkpointing}) in which the entire state of the
+program is saved so that a simulation can later be continued at this
point. The previous checkpoint files will then be deleted. To resume
operations from the last saved state, you need to set the \texttt{Resume
computation} flag in the input parameter file to \texttt{true}, see
\index[prmindex]{Resume computation}
\index[prmindexfull]{Resume computation}
-Section~\ref{parameters:global}.
+Section~\ref{parameters:Resume computation}.
\note{It is not imperative that the parameters selected in the input file are
exactly the same when resuming a program from a saved state than what they
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