getting resolved path for a library definition

Is it possible to get the resolved path for a library definition present
in a cds.lib which is not in the standard search path? Any standard
skill or standalone libmanager utility.

 

t_currentCdsLib = ddGetForcedLib( ) ;; getting the current cds.lib plus path

ddSetForcedLib( t_newCdsLib ) ;; setting the desired one
ddGetUpdatedLib( ) ;; maybe you have to do an update

t_yourPathToLib = ddGetObj( t_yourLibName )~>readPath

ddSetForcedLib( t_currentCdsLib ) ;; and setting back the old one
ddGetUpdatedLib( )


Bernd

 

Thanks Bernd. Looks like, need to use update/refresh library.

 

As a(n?) hopefully helpful aside ... in addition to the library-path
help provided by our good friend Bernd ... I've found there are still
engineers who are not yet aware of the DFII 'cdsLibDebug' executable
(created from my enhancement PCR 356393 filed 01-31-2001 influenced by
the nice "nchelp -cdslib /path/to/your/cds.lib" use model).

To see how cdsLibDebug helps you debug library paths, try this 1-minute
test::
% cd /path/to/where/you/normally/start/icfb
% cdsLibDebug -cla

Notice this tools/bin/cdsLibDebug command fully interprets the cds.lib
file, even if that cds.lib file utilizes many other files, variables,
and include options. The main intent is to provide the user with a
clear picture of what libraries are available BEFORE the DFII software
is invoked. As such, it can be incorporated into startup scripts if
desired.

As always, hope users find this hint useful,
John Gianni

 

% cd /path/to/where/you/normally/start/icfb

While we're on the topic of resolving library paths & variablees ...
notice that the IC-5.0.33 and higher cdsLibDebug use model "properly"
interprets the special-case $CDS_INST_DIR to find the root of the
Cadence hierarchy based on the application invoked (and not on the
value of a shell-environment variable, whether or not it exists).

It may be interesting to note these other ways to check libraries:
GRAPHICALLY:
% cdsLibEditor
Then, invoke "cdsLibEditor:View->Full Path"

NON-GRAPHICALLY:
% cat > checkPaths.il <<EOF
foreach(lib ddGetLibList() printf("%-10s %s\n" (lib~>name)
(lib~>readPath))) t
EOF

% dbAccess -load checkPaths.il

Note: Of course, while $CDS_INST_DIR is well defined in any one
software hierarchy, using CDS_INST_DIR as a shell-environment variable
should be highly discouraged in multi-stream environments (i.e., almost
all environments nowadays).

Also note the recommended "cdsLibDebug -cla" option causes cdsLibDebug
to obey CLA semantics instead of the default DDPI semantics. DDPI does
its own parsing of cds.lib and there are some differences in behavior
from CLA. (For example, DDPI does not understand ASSIGN statements,
while both "nchelp" and "cdsLibDebug -cla" do understand ASSIGN
statements in a cds.lib file.)

For the overly curious, ddpi syntax output is something like that of
running the public SKILL command ddUpdateLibList followed by
ddDumpLibList.

As always, hope this helps others,
John Gianni