Running skill code using perl script

This is a very open-ended question. What SKILL code are you trying to execute? What's the objective?

Regards,

Andrew

Didn't you read that example : ?

https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/48/t/17013

HI Andrew,

I want to execute the skill command 'mgc_rve_load_setup_file("calibreview_setup")' from my perl script.

(I am working on a perl code to create calibre view for multiple cells, I was able to create pex netlist using my code now i need to open the calibreview for each of these netlist)

Anand

HI ebecheto,

I have already gone through it, it explains execution of perl from skill. But i need to execute skill code from perl.

Regards
Anand

Anand,

Have your perl script create a file containing:

mgc_rve_load_setup_file("calibreview_setup")

and then have the perl script use:

system("virtuoso -restore theScriptYouCreated.il");

Your requirements aren't that clear, so not quite sure whether you can batch all these things together into a single virtuoso invocation or multiple invocations makes more sense.

Andrew.

HI Andrew,

I was trying to execute skill from perl as per your comment.
I tried a test case scenari for this, i created a perl pgm 'test.pl' and skill file 'print.il' as follows

test.pl:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "start of program";
system("virtuoso -restore print.il");
print "end of program";

print.il:
procedure(pnt()
printf("test line")
printf(" ends")
)

if I load and execute print.il it will print 'test line
ends' in CIW window


But same if i try to execute using perl in linux terminal I am not seeing anything getting printed in CIW window
I even tried 'virtuoso -restore print.il' command in linux terminal directly for which i got the error message 'bash:virtuoso: command not found...'

Is there anything mistake in the program or the way I am executing it?

Regards
Anand

Anand,

How do you normally start Virtuoso then? What version are you running (Help->About in the CIW will tell you that)?

Regards,

Andrew

HI Andrew,

we used to source a shell script with variables set for virtuoso, calibre etc.
the last line of that shell is 'virtuoso -64&'
Version is : IC6.1.17-64b.500.7

Today i tried executing the same command and now i see a new virtuoso window getting opened when i am executing 'virtuoso -restore print.il'. I think the mistake I made yesterday was, I tried to execute the command in same path (where I invoked virtuoso) but the terminal (linux session) was newly opened.

But still I am not seeing skill code getting executed, it is opening new virtuoso session only

Regards
Anand

Anand,

If you're invoking virtuoso via this script, then it is not passing any command line arguments to virtuoso so it won't work. You'd have to work with whoever has created this wrapper script so that command line arguments can be passed.

Andrew.

HI Andrew,

The commands used in script are for setting environment variables for cadence. Format is given below.

**************************************
export CDS_LICENSE=(license_server)
export OA_HOME=(cadence path)
export PATH=$PATH:(cadence path)
.................
................
..............
export PDK_DIR=(pdkpath)
virtuoso -64&

******************************************
these commands are stored in a shell script and I am sourcing it.

Can you please guide me on what needs to be included in this script for passing command line arguments?
any additional command needs to be included in the wrapper script for this?

Regards
Anand