***global_parameter

Description

This command is used to set-up, directly in the input file, non-default values for Z-set global parameters. Those parameters are used quite extensively in the code, and provide a means to customize various software operations. Alternatively, global parameters values may be defined:

• by passing values after the -s switch at the command line level:

  $ Zrun -s name  value ...

  where name is the name of the global parameter and value the value specified by the user for the current run of Z-set.

• by adding definitions in the zsetrc file, as described in the "Adjustable parameters" section of the "Getting started & Zmaster" manual ($ Zman intro).

Note that all available global parameters and their current values are given as output by the -H switch:

$ Zrun -H
...
 Known global parameters:
   Base.ClockFormat                        direct
   Base.EnableMsgFile                      1
   Base.MessageSuffix                      .msg
...

and that contents of the zsetrc file can be managed interactively by the Zmaster "zsetrc Editor" menu item.

Example

Switch to Z8 output format for the current calculation:

***global_parameter
   Solver.OutputFormat Z8
   Zmaster.OutputFormat Z8