foamClearPolyMesh

#!/bin/sh
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# Script
#     foamClearPolyMesh
#
# Description
#    Remove the contents of the constant/polyMesh directory
#    as per the Foam::polyMesh::removeFiles() method.
#
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usage() {
    exec 1>&2
    while [ "$#" -ge 1 ]; do echo "$1"; shift; done
    cat <<USAGE

Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]
options:
  -case <dir>       specify alternative case directory, default is the cwd
  -region <name>    specify alternative mesh region
  -help             print the usage

Remove the contents of the constant/polyMesh directory as per the
Foam::polyMesh::removeFiles() method.

USAGE
   exit 1
}

unset caseDir regionName

# parse a single option
while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
do
    case "$1" in
    -h | -help)
        usage
        ;;
    -case)
        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage "'$1' option requires an argument"
        cd "$2" 2>/dev/null || usage "directory does not exist:  '$2'"
        caseDir=$2
        shift 2
        ;;
    -region)
        [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage "'$1' option requires an argument"
        regionName=$2
        shift 2
        ;;
    *)
        usage "unknown option/argument: '$*'"
        ;;
    esac
done

if [ -n "$regionName" ]
then
    meshDir=$regionName/polyMesh
else
    meshDir=polyMesh
fi

# if -case was specified: insist upon 'constant/polyMesh'
if [ -n "$caseDir" ]
then
    if [ -d constant/$meshDir ]
    then
        # use constant/polyMesh
        meshDir=constant/$meshDir
    else
       echo "Error: no 'constant/$meshDir' in $caseDir" 1>&2
       exit 1
    fi
else
    if [ -d constant/$meshDir ]
    then
        # use constant/polyMesh
        meshDir=constant/$meshDir
    elif [ -d $meshDir ]
    then
        # likely already in constant/ - do not adjust anything
        :
    elif [ "${PWD##*/}" = polyMesh -a -z "$regionName" ]
    then
        # apparently already within polyMesh/
        meshDir=.
    else
        echo "Error: no appropriate 'polyMesh/' directory found" 1>&2
        exit 1
    fi
fi


#
# remove files (mesh itself, modifiers, snappyHexMesh ones) and subdirectories
# also remove .gz versions of the same files
#
echo "Clearing ${caseDir:-.}/$meshDir" 1>&2

for i in \
    points \
    faces \
    owner \
    neighbour \
    cells \
    boundary \
    pointZones \
    faceZones \
    cellZones \
    meshModifiers \
    parallelData \
    sets \
    cellLevel \
    pointLevel \
    level0Edge \
    refinementHistory \
    surfaceIndex \
;
do
    rm -rf $meshDir/$i $meshDir/$i.gz
done

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