IC Compiler™

Tool Invocation Commands

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Cont ent s

icc_shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . .

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icc_shell
Invokes the IC Compiler command shell.

SYNTAX
icc_shell
[-f script_file]
[-x command_string]
[-no_init]
[-no_home_init]
[-no_local_init]
[-checkout feature_list]
[-timeout timeout_value]
[-wait wait_time]
[-version]
[-64bit]
[-no_log]
[-output_log_file file_name]
[-help]
[-psyn_mode]
[-xp_mode]
[-ag_mode]
[-dp_mode]
[-gui]
[-no_gui]

Dat a Types
script_file string
command_string string
feature_list list
timeout_value integer
wait_time integer
file_name string

ARGUMENTS
-f script_file

Executes the IC Compiler commands in the specified file before displaying the initial icc_shell prompt. If
the last command in the script file is quit, no prompt is displayed and the command shell exits.

-x command_string

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Executes the specified icc_shell command before displaying the initial icc_shell prompt. You can enter
multiple commands by separating them with a semicolon (;) and enclosing the entire set of commands
in quotation marks (""). If the last command entered is quit, no prompt is displayed and the command
shell exits.

-no_init

Specifies that icc_shell is not to execute any .synopsys_dc.setup startup files. Use this option only
when you want to include a command log or another script file in order to reproduce a previous icc_gui
or icc_shell session. Include the script file either by using the -f option or by invoking the source
command from within icc_shell.

-no_home_init

Specifies that icc_shell is not to execute the home .synopsys_dc.setup startup file.

-no_local_init

Specifies that icc_shell is not to execute the local .synopsys_dc.setup startup file.

-checkout feature_list

Specifies a list of licensed features to check out in addition to the default features checked out by the
program.

-timeout timeout_value

Specifies a value from 5 to 20 that indicates the number of minutes the program spends trying to
recover a lost contact with the license server before terminating. The default is 10.

-wait wait_time

Specifies the wait time in minutes. Invokes icc_shell only when all of the licensed features specified in
the -checkout option can be checked out during the specified time.

-version

Displays the version number, build date, site id number, local administrator, and contact information,
and then exits.

-64bit

Invokes the 64-bit executable of the IC Compiler command shell.

-no_log

Disables command file logging for the session and creates a filenames log file in the following format:
<filename>_<pid>_<timestamp>.log.

-output_log_file file_name

Writes the log console output to the specified file.

-help

Displays the command help for the icc_shell command and then exits.

-psyn_mode

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Invokes the IC Compiler-PC package (which does not include routing capability).

-xp_mode

Invokes the IC Compiler-XP package.

-ag_mode

Invokes the IC Compiler-AG package.

-dp_mode

Invokes the IC Compiler-DP package.

-gui

Opens the IC Compiler graphical user interface (GUI) on the display specified by the DISPLAY
environment variable. If you do not open the GUI when you start IC Compiler, you can open it later by
running the gui_start command at the icc_shell prompt.

-no_gui

Opens the command line interface; the GUI is not opened. This is the default behavior.

DESCRIPTION
This command interprets and executes IC Compiler commands. The icc_shell environment consists of user
commands and variables that control the physical synthesis capabilities of IC Compiler.

The icc_shell command executes commands until it is terminated by a quit or exit command. During
interactive mode, you can also terminate the icc_shell session by pressing Ctrl+D.

SEE ALSO
gui_start(2)

icc_shell 7