Running a SKILL script from Command Line

Hi Karam,

dbAccess -load yourCode.il

Andrew.

Thanks Andrew. I read in a thread that for using sch* commands "virtuoso -nograph" would be unavoidable. Is that true? Is it also the case for mae* commands?

Best regards,
Karam

Thanks Andrew. I read in a thread that for using sch* commands "virtuoso -nograph" would be unavoidable. Is that true? Is it also the case for mae* commands?

Best regards,
Karam

Hi Karam,

Yes and yes. dbAccess only contains the low level database, tech, CDF and SKILL functions - no application layer capabilities.

Andrew.

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the clarification. Is there a db* alternative for schCheck( myCellView ), for schematic checks?

Best regards,
Karam

Hi Karam,

No, not unless you construct all the connectivity yourself in the code too (which is potentially quite difficult). It rather depends on what you're doing as to how hard this would be. Note you could make the virtuoso startup quicker by using "virtuoso -nocdsinit -nograph -restore code.il"

Andrew.

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the tip. What is the added value from -restore? The -help line looks quite vague to me "Specifies the session file to restore". Does restore run the SKILL file?

Best regards,
Karam

Hi Karam,

It's like doing load("code.il") after virtuoso has started. So yes, it runs the code in the file.

It's different from doing -replay (-replay strictly expects a replay file although it does work without the extra tags at the beginning of each line). Using -restore however tends not to have issues with UI code getting a bit confused - so I always tend to use -restore.

Regards,

Andrew.

Andrew Beckett said:

It's different from doing -replay (-replay strictly expects a replay file although it does work without the extra tags at the beginning of each line). Using -restore however tends not to have issues with UI code getting a bit confused - so I always tend to use -restore.

I'd been wondering about that!  Glad I stumbled on this thread. :)

I had been using -nographE to work around UI code problems, but I will try -restore, which sounds like it's more lightweight than -nographE.

They're not really the same thing. All that -nographE does is not produce a CIW window - it still requires a connection to an X server. Whereas -nograph uses a null X display (implemented these days with a vnc server) to swallow all the graphics events (but of course means that you can't click on any forms or dialog boxes).

Sometimes using -replay with a SKILL file (as opposed to a replay file) can have unexpected blocking behaviour - which is different than what you might get if you'd used load() at the prompt (or in the CIW if graphical). -restore is really just like using load after initialisation has finished.

Andrew.