Add new global IP Search Directory Path w/o GUI

Is there any specific reason why you want to achieve this without using the GUI? My guess is you want to run it using a script.

Unfortunately, this is not possible as it might involve altering the code running behind the Quartus tool itself.

Users are not recommended to do this as it bears the risk of compromising the tool's functionality.

An alternative would be to write a TCL script and add [set_global_assignment -name IP_SEARCH_PATHS ""] and source it.

Since you plan to run the script, it will always search for the IP path.

Regards,

Richard Tan