<html>#2934: CarpetX's norms output ignores `IO::truncate_files`
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<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Reporter:</td><td>Roland Haas</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>   Status:</td><td>new</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>Milestone:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>  Version:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>     Type:</td><td>bug</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Priority:</td><td>major</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>Component:</td><td>CarpetX</td></tr>
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<p>Changes (by Roland Haas):</p>
<p>running the same parameter file that has:</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="n">IO</span><span class="p">::</span><span class="n">out_dir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">$</span><span class="n">parfile</span>
<span class="n">IO</span><span class="p">::</span><span class="n">out_every</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="n">IO</span><span class="p">::</span><span class="n">truncate_files</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
<span class="n">CarpetX</span><span class="p">::</span><span class="n">out_metadata</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">no</span>
<span class="n">CarpetX</span><span class="p">::</span><span class="n">out_norm_vars</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">"CenterOfMass::rho CenterOfMass::x_rho"</span>
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<p>twice results in results in output being appended to the output file:</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code># 1:iteration   2:time  3:centerofmass::x_rho.min   4:centerofmass::x_rho.max   5:centerofmass::x_rho.sum   6:centerofmass::x_rho.avg   7:centerofmass::x_rho.stddev    8:centerofmass::x_rho.volume    9:centerofmass::x_rho.L1norm    10:centerofmass::x_rho.L2norm   11:centerofmass::x_rho.maxabs
0   0.0000000000000000e+00  -0.0000000000000000e+00 6.9999999999999996e-01  1.0000000000000007e+00  1.2500000000000000e-01  2.2776083947860748e-01  8.0000000000000053e+00  1.2500000000000000e-01  2.5980762113533162e-01  6.9999999999999996e-01
1   5.0000000000000003e-02  -0.0000000000000000e+00 6.9999999999999996e-01  8.8000000000000056e-01  1.1000000000000000e-01  2.2561028345356948e-01  8.0000000000000053e+00  1.1000000000000000e-01  2.5099800796022259e-01  6.9999999999999996e-01
2   1.0000000000000001e-01  -0.0000000000000000e+00 8.0000000000000004e-01  1.2000000000000008e+00  1.4999999999999999e-01  2.6925824035672508e-01  8.0000000000000053e+00  1.4999999999999999e-01  3.0822070014844871e-01  8.0000000000000004e-01
3   1.50000000
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Ticket URL: <a href='https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2934/carpetxs-norms-output-ignores-io'>https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2934/carpetxs-norms-output-ignores-io</a></p>
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