}
    {
      // Tell VisIt that the mesh structure may change over time
      const int dims = 1;
      const int value = 1;
      ierr = DBWrite(file.get(), "MetadataIsTimeVarying", &value, &dims, 1,
                     DB_INT);
      assert(!ierr);

    {
      // Tell VisIt that the mesh structure may change over time
      const int dims = 1;
      const int value = 1;
      ierr = DBWrite(metafile.get(), "MetadataIsTimeVarying", &value, &dims, 1,
                     DB_INT);
      assert(!ierr);
    }