SAWs is a software library that uses threads, sockets, and locks to allow a client program to read (and change when desired) variables in the server (PETSc) application).
Requirements and installation of the SAWs (if not using the --download-saws PETSc ./configure option)
- This is currently only supported with petsc-master
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A current version of SAWs available from
https://bitbucket.org/saws/saws
Usage from PETSc
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./configure PETSc with the option --with-saws-dir=/directorywhereamsisinstalled (or --download-saws) -
To examine options in a browser, run PETSc applications with
-server <port> -saws_view saws -ts_view_pre sawsand point your brower tohttp://localhost:8080