BUG: Fixes mantis issue 0000012: sample utiltiy update

applications/utilities/postProcessing/sampling/sample/sample.C

@@ -97,16 +97,25 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     timeSelector::addOptions();
     #include "addRegionOption.H"
+    argList::addOption
+    (
+        "dict",
+        "word",
+        "name of dictionary to provide sample information"
+    );
+
     #include "setRootCase.H"
     #include "createTime.H"
     instantList timeDirs = timeSelector::select0(runTime, args);
     #include "createNamedMesh.H"
 
+    word sampleDict(args.optionLookupOrDefault<word>("dict", "sampleDict"));
+
     IOsampledSets sSets
     (
         sampledSets::typeName,
         mesh,
-        "sampleDict",
+        sampleDict,
         IOobject::MUST_READ,
         true
     );
@@ -115,7 +124,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     (
         sampledSurfaces::typeName,
         mesh,
-        "sampleDict",
+        sampleDict,
         IOobject::MUST_READ,
         true
     );

src/sampling/sampledSet/sampledSets/sampledSetsTemplates.C

@@ -128,14 +128,33 @@ void Foam::sampledSets::writeSampleFile
         timeDir/formatter.getFileName(masterSampleSet, valueSetNames)
     );
 
+    OFstream ofs(fName);
+    if (ofs.opened())
+    {
         formatter.write
         (
             masterSampleSet,
             valueSetNames,
             valueSets,
-        OFstream(fName)()
+            ofs
         );
     }
+    else
+    {
+        WarningIn
+        (
+            "void Foam::sampledSets::writeSampleFile"
+            "("
+                "const coordSet&, "
+                "const PtrList<volFieldSampler<Type> >&, "
+                "const label, "
+                "const fileName&, "
+                "const writer<Type>&"
+            ")"
+        )   << "File " << ofs.name() << " could not be opened. "
+            << "No data will be written" << endl;
+    }
+}
 
 
 template<class T>