PSCAD Temporary Folder

When a case project is compiled, several files are created and placed into a temporary directory located in the same folder as the project file (*.pscx) itself.  The directory is named by appending an extension to the project filename.  This extension is dependent on the compiler used to build the project.  For example, if a case project has a filename test.pscx, a temporary directory called test.gf42 will be created when the project is compiled with the GFortran (v4.2.1) compiler.  The temporary directory will contain all files created by both the compiler and PSCAD.

 

The naming convention for the temporary directory is as follows for all supported compilers:

All files located in the temporary directory can be viewed in an organized manner in the primary workspace window Projects branch.  You may also clean out the entire temporary directory at any time (see Cleaning the Temporary Directory).  Note that both of these features are based on the currently selected compiler.  That is, if Intel® is the current compiler, the files viewed in the Projects branch, will be those from the *.if9, *.if12 or *if15 temporary folder.  Same goes for cleaning the temporary folder.