perform SKILL functions in command line mode

Hi cici,

To run Virtuoso in no GUI mode, you can use "virtuoso -nograph " mode, so that it will run the virtuoso at the background. For your case, you need to create a replay file (eg: skillfunction.replay) which include all skill function that you wih to perform such as open cell view, copy, paste and etc in a single file. Please take note that, you must write exit at the end of the code in order for virtuoso to exit. Then invoke virtuoso in nograph mode together with the replay file, the virtuoso will execute the function in the replay file accordingly.

Clear step by step

1. Create a replay file with skill function ( function.replay)

        cv = dbOpenCellViewByType("Lib" "Cell" "View" "" "a")

 db

Hi cici,

To run Virtuoso in no GUI mode, you can use "virtuoso -nograph " mode, so that it will run the virtuoso at the background. For your case, you need to create a replay file (eg: skillfunction.replay) which include all skill function that you wih to perform such as open cell view, copy, paste and etc in a single file. Please take note that, you must write exit at the end of the code in order for virtuoso to exit. Then invoke virtuoso in nograph mode together with the replay file, the virtuoso will execute the function in the replay file accordingly.

Clear step by step

1. Create a replay file with skill function ( function.replay)

        cv = dbOpenCellViewByType("Lib" "Cell" "View" "" "a")

 db

Hi cici,

To run Virtuoso in no GUI mode, you can use "virtuoso -nograph " mode, so that it will run the virtuoso at the background. For your case, you need to create a replay file (eg: skillfunction.replay) which include all skill function that you wih to perform such as open cell view, copy, paste and etc in a single file. Please take note that, you must write exit at the end of the code in order for virtuoso to exit. Then invoke virtuoso in nograph mode together with the replay file, the virtuoso will execute the function in the replay file accordingly.

Clear step by step

1. Create a replay file with skill function ( function.replay)

        cv = dbOpenCellViewByType("Lib" "Cell" "View" "" "a")

 db

Hi Cici,

Sorry i mis-click the 'Post' button before finishing my reply. =D

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Hi cici,

To run Virtuoso in no GUI mode, you can use "virtuoso -nograph " mode, so that it will run the virtuoso at the background. For your case, you need to create a replay file (eg: skillfunction.replay) which include all skill function that you wih to perform such as open cell view, copy, paste and etc in a single file. Please take note that, you must write exit at the end of the code in order for virtuoso to exit. Then invoke virtuoso in nograph mode together with the replay file, the virtuoso will execute the function in the replay file accordingly.

Clear step by step

1. Create a replay file with skill function ( function.replay)

        cv = dbOpenCellViewByType("Lib" "Cell" "View" "" "a")

        ..........

        dbSave(cv)

        exit ;This is important in order to close your virtuoso

2. Invoke virtuoso in nograph mode with replay file

        virtuoso -nograph -replay function.replay

3. Done

How

 Hi Andrew, 

may i also ask more info about the -replay option in virtuoso?. or where can i get more informaiton?...
i'm also looking for a way which is also to perform Skill function in command line...
yuove mentioned that " replay is more like typing each command in the CIW" ..
i tried this command :

                       "virtuoso -nograph -replay /lsc/projects/eda/jrefuerz/CAD/scripts/OpenLayout.il -log logko.log"

                           > this is to load the OpenLayout.il skill script that i made.. the second step is to type the function with argument... so basing from your desctiption of -replay.. i did this :

                                  "virtuoso -nograph -replay OpenLayout ( "mylib" "mycell" )"
but this one doesnt work. the error says  "Badly placed()'s".

Thanks

 is there anyone who can help?.. thanks...

I believe the "-replay" commandline options argument is a file that contains the commands that you would type into the CIW.  So in your example you would have a file (lets say it's named commands.txt) that would contain:

load("/lsc/projects/eda/jrefuerz/CAD/scripts/OpenLayout.il")

OpenLayout("mylib" "mycell" )

Then you would run virtuoso with the following commandline:

virtuoso -nograph -replay commands.txt -log logko.log

Indeed - giving commands on the command line directly is not what it does (I never said that). Personally I tend to use -replay for replaying CDS.log files, and use -restore for loading SKILL code (-restore is more like doing a load() in the CIW after starting).

Regards,

Andrew.

problem solved!!...
thanks Teebro and Andrew for the help...