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<td class="markdownTableBodyRight"><code>t_step_stop</code> </td><td class="markdownTableBodyCenter">Integer </td><td class="markdownTableBodyLeft">Simulation stopping time step </td></tr>

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<p>The parameters define the boundaries of the spatial and temporal domains, and their discretization that are used in simulation.</p>

<div class="fragment"><div class="line">touch ~/.bash_profile</div>

<div class="line">open ~/.bash_profile</div>

</div><!-- fragment --><p>An editor should open. Please paste the following lines into it before saving the file. If you wish to use a version of GNU's GCC other than 13, modify the first assignment. These lines ensure that LLVM's Clang, and Apple's modified version of GCC, won't be used to compile MFC. Further reading on <code>open-mpi</code> incompatibility with <code>clang</code>-based <code>gcc</code> on macOS: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27930481/how-to-build-openmpi-with-homebrew-and-gcc-4-9">here</a>. We do <em>not</em> support <code>clang</code> due to conflicts with the Silo dependency.</p>

<div class="line">export CC=gcc-$MFC_GCC_VER</div>

<div class="line">export CXX=g++-$MFC_GCC_VER</div>

<div class="line">export FC=gfortran-$MFC_GCC_VER</div>

</div><!-- fragment --><p><b>Close the open editor and terminal window</b>. Open a <b>new terminal</b> window before executing the commands below.</p>

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