Open a new database and do some prepratory work on it

OpenDatabase is a function defined in loadbalance.c.

Synopsis:

void OpenDatabase(char *dbname, hbool_t do_multifile, int numDims, int numProcs, DbInfo_t *dbInfo)

Formal Arguments:

  • dbname: [IN] name of the database
  • do_multifile: [IN] boolean to indicate if each step will go to a different supplemental file
  • numDims: [IN] number of topological and geometric dimensions in the mesh
  • numProcs: [IN] number of processors
  • dbInfo: [OUT] database info object

Description: This function creates the initial database and some key objects such as the top-most aggregate set, the nodes, elems and procs collection categories and the state suite.

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