Converting from Clawpack 4.3 to 4.6

For users who want to migrate code from 4.3 to 5.0, this may be a useful intermediate step, followed by migration from 4.6 to 5.0 using the script described at Converting from Clawpack 4.6 to 5.0.

The Python interface (using setrun.py and setplot.py) was first introduced in 4.4, so the main step needed to convert from 4.3 is to create these files, and to make a number of changes to the Makefile.

If you are doing this by hand, you should convert directly to 5.0 form.

In some cases it will be easiest to do the bulk of the work using scripts. A first pass of conversion to 4.6 form can be done by executing:

$ python $CLAW/clawutil/src/python/clawutil/conversion/convert43to46.py

in your application directory. You should then inspect the files generated and fix any broken links, etc.

After this, see Converting from Clawpack 4.6 to 5.0.

Warning

This migration script from 4.3 to 4.6 only works for classic (single grid) codes in 1d and 2d, not AMRClaw codes.