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14 years ago

Modelsim - trouble passing $ parameter from vsim to vlog

Hello all, I'm stumped on how to do something in modelsim. I was hoping maybe someone here has maybe done this before and can point me in the right direction. I think this must be a very common thi...
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14 years ago

{} stops Tcl from expanding the variable.

Use " " in place of {}

vlog -vlog01compat -work work +incdir+../tests "../tests/$m3m_test_case"

or just leave them out

vlog -vlog01compat -work work +incdir+../tests ../tests/$m3m_test_case

You can also use environment variables

vlog -vlog01compat -work work +incdir+$env(TESTS) $env(TESTS)/m3m_test_case

where TESTS is an environment variable pointing to your tests folder.

Cheers,

Dave