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Whether virtuoso only loads the first .cdsinit file it finds

lightyear

I read the post   https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/custom-ic-skill/37048/when-is-cdsinit-local-loaded

It tells me that the .cdsinit load order is:

  1. <ICinstDir>/tools/dfII/local/.cdsinit
  2. ./.cdsinit
  3. ~/.cdsinit

and

  " whichever file is found first in the search sequence is the only one loaded (by virtuoso). It does not load any later files in the sequence (unless that has been coded into the first .cdsinit file it loads)."

Is there a way to load later files ?

for example, our team put a public .cdsinit in <ICinstDir>/tools/dfII/local/.cdsinit,

everyone can load this file without any configurations

also allows users to have their own .cdsinit file in the work directory or $HOME

and while launch the virtuoso, it will load  <ICinstDir>/tools/dfII/local/.cdsinit  at first, then load .cdsinit in the work directory.

Thanks

  • Andrew Beckett

    The central .cdsinit (in tools/dfII/local/.cdsinit - or found via the setup.loc/Cadence Search File mechanism if that's been enabled) would have code something like:

    when(isFile("./.cdsinit") && isReadable("./.cdsinit")
      loadi("./.cdsinit")
    )

    This could also look for similar files elsewhere (e.g. in your home directory), as you see fit.

    Andrew

  • lightyear
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thank you, Andrew, good idea, this does implement the method of loading cdsinit documents sequentially.

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