SHELL SCRIPT PERFORMING BATCH ANALYSIS OF THE PARAMETRIC MODEL

The file run.sh (link a questo file da aprire in una pagina separata) show how
to carry out the batch analysis of one parametric model.

The first line program beginning with #! specifies an interpreter for the program;
the shell executes  the  specified  interpreter  on
operating  systems that do not handle this executable format themselves. (line 1)

Then it's defined the enviromental variables for STAR-CD and they are exported.(line 5:10)

The last preliminary step is the definition of the vaariable holding the path
where the Prostar, compiled for working in no interactive mode ( using prolinkl ),
 has been located in the file system.

Now it's possible to run the pre-processing of the model by executing prol-x program
and making the redirection of the standard input using  a  special  notation interpreted by the
shell.
       This type of redirection instructs the shell to read input
       from the current source until a line containing only  word (EOF)
       (with  no trailing blanks) is seen.  All of the lines read
       up to that point are then used as the standard input for a
       command.

       The format of here-documents is as follows:

              <<[-]word
                      here-document
              delimiter

The words, written after the redirection, are passed to the program (prol-x) instead of
being interpreted by the shell as new commands. (line 18:27)


The same trick is used for the Star compilation, Star execution,
Prostar post-processing step. (line 30:62)

Last operation to do is to remove all files created during the simulation because
,even if they are small, for a large optimization they could occupy a lot of disk space.(line 63:68)


CONSIDERATION

It's created a completely batch process which makes a parametric model and takes
the result of the analysis, so there is all it's need
to perform the optimization of the model.