runSimulation activated by run()?

Hello,

I am trying some customized Spectre runs driven by OCEAN scripts without using any schematic entry.  I know there are a number of ways to do this, but at the moment I am trying a method that somewhat emulates what you would get if you were to actually use schematic entry.  This is:

1.) I create a Spectre netlist: ~/simulation/spectre/schematic/netlist/netlist (along with netlistHeader and netlistFooter files, and that is all)

2.) In OCEAN I note this with: design("~/simulation/spectre/schematic/netlist/netlist")

3.) In OCEAN I note the results directory with: resultsDir("~/simulation/spectre/schematic")

4.) In OCEAN I then define a simple analysis: analysis('dc ?saveOppoint t)

5.) In OCEAN I then request that this simulation be executed with: run()

This sequence of steps succeeds in creating a working input.scs file, it succeeds in creating a results directory in ~/simulation/spectre/schematic/psf, it succeeds in creating an execution script runSimulation,

BUT...

... it does not seem to actually carry out the DC simulation (e.g. no dc.dc or dcOP.dc file is created in the psf directory although artistLogFile, runObjFile and simRunData files are created there).  

runSimulation is a working script.  When I execute it directly from the UNIX shell (i.e. ./runSimulation) it creates the necessary files in my /psf and hence results that I can then look at with my OCEAN script (e.g. with the plot() command).

I always thought that the run() command was supposed to execute the runSimulation script.  In the past (when I was applying OCEAN scripts to spectre netlists generated with ADE, not manual as I am trying now) the run() command was successful, am I potentially missing something in these manually generated files preventing runSimulation from being activated by OCEAN?

I am using OCEAN from IC 5.10.41 and the Spectre version is 13.1.1

Thanks,

Sebastian