executing skill code from terminal

can i execute skill code from command line keeping my df2 up??
I have a feeling that we cannot...but just want to give it a shot.
sampath

 

Not sure what you mean. You can invoke SKILL from various executables, including
"skill" "dbAccess" and DFII executables.

What are you asking - your question is not really clear...

Andrew.

 

You can use the skill binary to execute SKILL scripts from the command
line without dfII up.

#!$CDSHOME/tools/dfII/bin/skill
your skill code

If you have dfII up you can just load the code in the CIW.

 

Thanks Erik, I dint know that we can run skill code like this.
Now if I want to acess databasefunctions, how can I do that?
I am not able to do the following,

#!$CDSHOME/tools/dfII/bin/skill
lyCv = dbOpenCellView(<layoutName> <cellName> <viewName>)

can I do this?? or should i have to open df2 for this?

 

Andrew,
where can I find documentation for working with the executables like
dbAccess, skill??
Thanks
Sampath

 

Hi Sampath,

I guess you probably realised that dbAccess would allow you to access the
database ;-)

As for documentation, there's very little (if any) on these executables. Not
sure how much is needed, to be honest. skill just provides the core SKILL
functions (as in the SKILL language reference manual).

dbAccess adds the db, dd, tech, cdf functions. One way of looking at it is
that all functions that are legal in pcells are available in dbAccess.

You can use "skill -i filename" to initialise from a file and then go
interactive.

For dbAccess to load SKILL code you can't just supply the filename on the
command line, you need to do:

dbAccess -load "filename.il"

Regards,

Andrew.