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7 years ago

TCL console path initialization

I am trying to run commands in the Quartus 16.0 Tcl console window. Commands like quartus_map result in that the command name is invalid.

I am running on Windows and have edited the PATH variable to include C:\altera\16.0\quartus\bin64 which is where the executables are located on my machine. I am able to run the commands from the nios shell but from the Quartus GUI tcl console I get the above error. So I am unsure how to setup whatever initialization is done when Quartus is launched so that it can find these commands or pickup the Windows PATH environment variable

Thanks,

Dave

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    Altera_Forum
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    7 years ago

    Hi Dave,

    "quartus_map" you can use in the command line. (Altera Nios2 Command Shell)

    In the Quartus TCL console the "execute_flow -compile" will do a full compilation.

    You can look at the documentation (Quartus II Handbook, TCL-Scripting) or enter in the command line:

    "quartus_sh --qhelp" for detailed informations.

    Jens
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    7 years ago

    Hi Dave,

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    I am able to run the commands from the nios shell but from the Quartus GUI tcl console I get the above error.

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    Refer the “quartus_map” from page number 2-45,

    We can runs one of the command-line executables, such as quartus_map or quartus_fit. If the -args option is specified, the arguments are passed to the command-line executable.

    Refer the “execute_module” from page number 3-103,

    Check example on page number 3-270.

    https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_us/pdfs/literature/manual/tclscriptrefmnl.pdf

    Best Regards

    Vikas Jathar

    (This message was posted on behalf of Intel Corporation)