The runstudy utility

You can launch an analysis from the command line using the runstudy utility, which is installed with the software.

You can use the runstudy utility to launch an analysis on either a PC or a Linux machine. When running on a Linux machine, make sure you have added appropriate environment variables to your shell.

Note: To run solvers as a Named User you must provide a session key as an argument to enable the solver to run.

Note: For full details of the command-line arguments accepted by the runstudy command, type

runstudy

without any arguments at the command prompt.

Alternatively, include the argument

-help

This table lists the arguments that can be used with the runstudy utility:

Argument	Description
study_name	The study file name
-project project_file	Type your project file in place of project_file to specify that the study name specified should be looked up in the specified project file.
-help	to print this help message.
-key session_key	to specify a session key. The session key is in the form of a global unique identifier. [xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx]
-kfile session_key_file	to specify a session key file. Replace session_key_file by the path of the session key file.
-temp temp_dir	Type your temp directory in place of temp_dir to specify the temp area to be used [Linux default: /tmp/<random_folder>] temp_dir must have at least permissions of dr-xr-xr-x (0555) and also write permission for the user executing runstudy. [Windows default: <Product_User_Home>runsdyTmp_<xxxxx>]
-keeptmp	to specify that any temporary files created should be retained.
-units system	Type one of (SI, METRIC, ENGLISH) in place of system, to use that unit system in the output.
-dry-run	to print the commands that would be executed, without actually running them. You can run each solver commands separately by copying each command and replacing the <.udm> extension with <.sdy>