More things you can do to avoid typing the arguments over and over are:
 - Use a file to specify options (PetscInitialize takes an argument for this 
file, which by default is ~/.petscrc ) 
- Set runtime options from within your code using PetscOptionsSetValue 
- Write a own shell script or makefile with a special target to run the 
executable with the options you'd like appended

On Jul 15, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Hong Zhang wrote:

> Su :
> We provide these via runtime options. With the latest petsc release (v3.4),
> you can get
> petsc/src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex2.c: 
> ./ex2 -pc_type ilu -pc_factor_mat_solver_package superlu -hels |grep superlu
> ...
>   -mat_superlu_ilu_droptol <0.0001>: ILU_DropTol (None)
>   -mat_superlu_ilu_filltol <0.01>: ILU_FillTol (None)
>   -mat_superlu_ilu_fillfactor <10>: ILU_FillFactor (None)
>   -mat_superlu_ilu_droprull <9>: ILU_DropRule (None)
>   -mat_superlu_ilu_norm <2>: ILU_Norm (None)
>   -mat_superlu_ilu_milu <0>: ILU_MILU (None)
> 
> i.e., you can set/change your own options at runtime.
> 
> Hong
> 
> Hi, I am trying to use the external package SuperLU to solve a linear 
> equation with ILUTP preconditioner. But the current PETSc only provides one 
> option interface which is MatSuperluSetILUDropTol. There are actually many 
> other options as suggested on the manual page of MATSOLVERSUPERLU, such as:
> 
> -mat_superlu_equil
> -mat_superlu_ilu_filltol
> -mat_superlu_ilu_fillfactor
> 
> etc. However, they all need to be invoked via command line.
> 
> Is there any way to set up other options for SuperLU in the code instead of 
> using the command line? Because it's not so convenient to type in all those 
> runtime commands every time you run a code. 
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Su
> 
> 

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