How to strmout one gds data according to one template file?

Hello everyone,

If I have one template file, I may run 'pipo strmout streamOutFile.il' to
stream out the gds data. How may I do it with skill code in CIW window?

BTW, since IC6.X use OA database, skill language will be dated and
abandoned, won't it?

B.R.

Joffre

 

Just do in skill:

system("pipo stremout streamOutFile.il")

 

Guenther answered this. You can also use ipcBeginProcess()

No. Why do you think that? A lot of work has gone in to ensure SKILL
compatibility.

You can use the same SKILL functions to access the database - the SKILL API was
always a layer on top of the actual database implementation - all that has
happened is that the underlying database implementation has changed. There are a
few new objects, and some different use models, but apart from that your SKILL
survives.

 

Thanks for Guenther and Andrew's answers.

That's to say, I may run shell command through system() or
ipcBeginProcess(), right?

I tried it and run system("ls") in CIW window but get output in shell
terminal. If I wanna save the output to a list and deal with it, how should
I do?

I have no more idea to OA storage. Since some softwares may generate pcell
with python, so I guess maybe skill language will be abandoned later. In
OA storage, will skill language continues to be used to write command files
for layout verification and other codes?
Thanks for all your help!

B.R.

Joffre

 

Read the documentation on ipcBeginProcess. You can capture the output of the
spawned program, either via a data handler function passed to ipcBeginProcess,
or by using ipcReadProcess(). It's in the manual.

I don't know why you're guessing that. It's not true. SKILL language will
continue to be used within the Cadence tools to write pcells and to customise
the tools, and to write scripts to manipulate layout and other databases.