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How to set system variable in CIW window

ExcaIibur

The use scenario is that I want to load some ocean script from the CIW window with the syntax load("filename.ocn")

And in the ocean file, some system variable is quired, e.g. env(cellName)

However, I discovered that, if I defined the system variabler cellName after I launch virtuoso, then virtuoso cannot see this variable.

I would like to know whether what I observed is true and if true how to work around that.

  • Andrew Beckett

    Assuming you're talking about UNIX environment variables, then setting a UNIX environment variable will not affect any child process previously launched from the process where you set the env var - this is how UNIX works.

    You can set a UNIX environment variable in SKILL using:

    setShellEnvVar("THEVARNAME" "myvalue") ; 

    and getShellEnvVar("THEVARNAME") would retrieve. 

    Perhaps that's what you want?

    Andrew

  • ExcaIibur
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I just tested it and indeed it did exactly what I want. Thanks for the information.

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