Background Files

The different SPRING modules (calculation, data export and plot generation) communicate between each other using the binary background files. The modules automatically create the background files. They are binary and cannot be directly edited. The modules get access on the background files by using a general interface (SPRING-DTNLIB).

The background files have file names like aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd etc. The background file aaa (binary) is not managed in the DTNLIB interface.

For a faster access to the data, files are linked at least in pairs: each data file that contains individual data has an index file that contains a list of additional information (identifier, class, number, minimum and maximum values, time step etc.).

The actual program version uses the following files:

Input data:

bbb (index)

ccc (data)

Steady-state results and interpolation results:

ddd (index)

eee (data)

Transient results:

fff (index)

ggg (data 1: last time step)

hhh (data 2: all time steps)

iii (data 3: all time steps)

jjj (data 4: all time steps)

kkk (data 5: for calculations with transient terrain settings)

Results from data export:

lll (index)

mmm (data)

Data for inverse modelling:

nnn (index)

ooo (data)

Internal Identifiers