Modelsim "Force" question

Question

in Modelsim what does this command "Force" ? I cannot decode it for the life of me

foreach filename [glob $src_dir/*.$mem_type] {

file copy -force $filename $dest_dir/[file tail $filename]

We're copying something but I have no idea what

Thank you

altera_forum · Answer

It forces the copy to occur even if the target file already exists.  www.tcl.tk/man/tcl/tclcmd/file.htm#m10 (www.tcl.tk/man/tcl/tclcmd/file.htm#m10)

altera_forum · Answer

This is just a parameter on the file copy command. Modelsim has an actual "force" command, allowing you to override signal values in a simulation.

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