AMS is a software library that uses threads, sockets, and locks to allow a running program (called the accessor) to read (and change when desired) variables in another running code (called the publisher application).
Requirements and installation of the AMS (if not using the --download-ams PETSc ./configure option)
- This is currently only supported with petsc-dev
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A current version of AMS available from
https://bitbucket.org/petsc/ams
- Edit the file makeinc and set the compiler, linker etc.
- Run make
Usage from PETSc
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./configure PETSc with the option --with-ams-dir=/directorywhereamsisinstalled (or --download-ams) --with-java [--java=/usr/bin/java -d32 --javac=/usr/bin/javac]
- To change variables in the options database run PETSc applications with the additional options -options_gui and -ams_java and you will see something like depicted in this movie
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To examine options in a browser, run PETSc applications with
-server <port> -ams_publish_objects
and point your brower tohttp://localhost:8080
(seePetscWebServe()
).