Conventions

Warning

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Important

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Tip

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For features recently added to PyLith, we show the version number when they were added. New in v3.0.0

Command Line Arguments

Example of a command line argument: --help.

Filenames and Directories

Example of filenames and directories: pylith, /usr/local.

Unix Shell Commands

Commands entered into a Unix shell (i.e., terminal) are shown in a box. Comments are delimited by the # character. We use $ to indicate the bash shell prompt.

#This is a comment.
$ ls -l

Excerpts of cfg Files

Example of an excerpt from a .cfg file:

# This is a comment.
[pylithapp.problem]
timestep = 2.0*s
bc = [x_pos, x_neg]