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| `format` | Integer | Output format. [1]: Silo-HDF5; [2] Binary |
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| `precision` | Integer | [1] Single; [2] Double |
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| `parallel_io` | Logical | Parallel I/O |
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| `file_per_process` | Logical | Whether or not to write one IO file per process |
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| `cons_vars_wrt` | Logical | Write conservative variables |
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| `prim_vars_wrt` | Logical | Write primitive variables |
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| `alpha_rho_wrt(i)` | Logical | Add the partial density of the fluid $i$ to the database \|
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With parallel I/O, MFC inputs and outputs a single file throughout pre-process, simulation, and post-process, regardless of the number of processors used.
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Parallel I/O enables the use of different number of processors in each of the processes (i.e. simulation data generated using 1000 processors can be post-processed using a single processor).
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- `cons_vars_wrt` and `prim_vars_wrt} activate output of conservative and primitive state variables into the database, respectively.
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- `file_per_process` deactivates shared file MPI-IO and activates file per process MPI-IO. The default behaviour is to use a shared file.
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File per process is usefull when running on 10's of thousands of ranks.
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- `cons_vars_wrt` and `prim_vars_wrt` activate output of conservative and primitive state variables into the database, respectively.
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- `[variable's name]_wrt` activates output of the each specified variable into the database.
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