5 Control and Data Files

Table 9 shows a list of all files necessary to run COBOLD. Executing the makefiles produces an executable rhd.exe. Its name can of course be changed afterwards. The names of the three control files rhd.par, rhd.stop, and rhd.cont cannot be changed (without modification of the source code). The names of EOS, opacity, and COBOLD data files can be chosen freely in the parameter file rhd.par. Table 9 only contains dummy names.

Table 9: List of all control and data files

File	I/O	Type	Description
rhd.exe		executable	main program
rhd.par	I	control/data: UIO	central control file
rhd.stop	I	control	file to force controlled stop of simulation
rhd.cont	I	control	file to force continuation after stop
data.eos	I	data: UIO	tabulated equation of state
data.opta	I	data	tabulated opacities
rhd.sta	I	data: UIO	start model (e.g. end model of previous simulation)
rhd.end	O	data: UIO	end model
rhd.full	O	data: UIO	sequence of (2D or 3D) snapshots, typically large
rhd.mean	O	data: UIO	sequence of derived data: mean flux, surface intensity
rhd.out	O	data	human readable text output