foamRun.exe error: 'sh.exe' is not recognized

[GeertD]

Hi,

I'm testing the bubbleColumn case from BlueCFD.
The base case runs fine.

The following changes lead to an error:
constant/physicalProperties.water:
thermoType { ... equationOfState perfectFluid; ...} (previously rPolynomial)
equationOfState { R 3000; rho0 1000; } (previously C (some coeffs ) )

I get the following error:
"foamRun.exe : 'sh.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command"
(see full log attached).

I tried to add the sh.exe directory to my path, but no joy.

Looks like he's looking for 'sh.exe' command instead of sh.exe command (without the quotes)?

Any idea for a fix?

Best regards,
Geert

System:
Windows 10 pro
FreeCAD and CfdOF workbench
path: C:\blueCFD-Core-2024

log.txt

[wyldckat]

I've tested just now using the standard blueCFD-Core 2024-1 terminal, namely the one that looks like this:

And I was able to run without issues. How exactly did you try launching foamRun?

[GeertD]

Hi,

I'm running BlueCFD using the FreeCAD CfdOF tool.
Geometry and boundary conditions (patches) in FreeCAD, then I edit the OpenFoam case file to be able to run the multiPhaseEuler solver.

FreeCAD calls the files: Allrun.bat and Allrun.ps1 to kickstart OpenFoam.
See those files attached (added .txt dummy).

Allrun.bat.txt
Allrun.ps1.txt

[wyldckat]

We didn't manage to support building source code directly from the Windows command line, given it specifically requires loading up the bash shell with everything on it, so that it runs as intended.
The wmake.bat file that is provided in blueCFD-Core is to assist building source code, when foamRun or other OpenFOAM application is launched from the MSys2 terminal as pre-setup in blueCFD-Core, since it needs to pass through the CMD application, if I remember correctly (internally does something similar to foamRun -> CMD -> wmake.bat).

That said, one step I tested was to update the setvars_OF12.bat file (within the main folder for blueCFD-Core 2014) to include the path that is missing for sh.exe, namely by changing this line:

set PATH=%MPI_ARCH_PATH%\bin;%FOAM_USER_APPBIN%;%FOAM_SITE_APPBIN%;%FOAM_APPBIN%;%WM_PROJECT_DIR%\bin;%WM_PROJECT_DIR%\wmake;%gccDir%\bin;%HOME%\msys64\mingw64\bin;%WINDIR%;%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32;%HOME%\AddOns\notepad2;%FOAM_USER_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_LIBBIN%\%FOAM_MPI%;%FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN%\%FOAM_MPI%;%MPI_ARCH_PATH%\lib;%FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_LIBBIN%\dummy;%ParaView_DIR%\bin

to this one:

set PATH=%MPI_ARCH_PATH%\bin;%FOAM_USER_APPBIN%;%FOAM_SITE_APPBIN%;%FOAM_APPBIN%;%WM_PROJECT_DIR%\bin;%WM_PROJECT_DIR%\wmake;%gccDir%\bin;%HOME%\msys64\mingw64\bin;%HOME%\msys64\usr\bin;%WINDIR%;%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32;%HOME%\AddOns\notepad2;%FOAM_USER_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_LIBBIN%\%FOAM_MPI%;%FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN%\%FOAM_MPI%;%MPI_ARCH_PATH%\lib;%FOAM_SITE_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN%;%FOAM_LIBBIN%\dummy;%ParaView_DIR%\bin

namely to add %HOME%\msys64\usr\bin;.

However, this is not enough, since there are more environment variables that need to be loaded in, as well as mount paths...

Defining the environment variable HOME to the correct path for msys64/home/ofuser is not enough either, even if we ran sh.exe --login -c "wmake $*".

Beyond this, funding is needed (https://bluecfd.github.io/Core/Funding/) or some contribution.