petsc-3.7.3 2016-08-01

PetscOptionsSetValue

Sets an option name-value pair in the options database, overriding whatever is already present.

#include "petscsys.h"   
PetscErrorCode  PetscOptionsSetValue(PetscOptions options,const char iname[],const char value[])

Not collective, but setting values on certain processors could cause problems for parallel objects looking for options.

	options	- options database, use NULL for the default global database
	name	- name of option, this SHOULD have the - prepended
	value	- the option value (not used for all options)

This function can be called BEFORE PetscInitialize()

Only some options have values associated with them, such as -ksp_rtol tol. Other options stand alone, such as -ksp_monitor.

Developers Note: Uses malloc() directly because PETSc may not yet have been fully initialized