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13 years ago

Setting directory for working files

Hello, is it possible to set a working directory in a Quartus II project where all the report files and temporary synthesis files get stored? I want to have a clean project directory after synt...
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13 years ago

Hi Martin,

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Thanks a lot for the examples! Are these TCL scripts handwritten or are you using some shortcuts to create these files?

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They're handwritten. However, the versions I use are less verbose.

Tcl allows you to put scripts in a common location that is specified by the TCLLIBPATH path environment variable. You can put the re-useable Tcl procedures in scripts there. I use environment variables to describe where I want everything. Since I don't want to have to make people setup their environment before they can use my scripts, I dumbed them down first :)

I also have Quartus and Modelsim output their build results into a version specific folder, eg., in the c:/build directory, I have

c:/build/quartus/v9.0_sp2_full

c:/build/quartus/v10.1_full

c:/build/quartus/v11.1_sp2_full

c:/build/modelsim/v6.5b_se

c:/build/modelsim/v6.6c_ase

c:/build/modelsim/v6.6d_ase

c:/build/modelsim/v10.0c_ase

i.e., I have Quartus and its corresponding Modelsim-ASE, and I have a full-edition of Modelsim-SE. This allows me to build the same project with multiple versions of Quartus+Modelsim while keeping the build results.

I use CVS for source control.

Cheers,

Dave