User guide

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VCD and VPD File Utilities
Limitations
• MDAs are not supported.
• Bit/part selection for a variable is not supported. If this usage is
detected, the vector will be regarded as all bits are specified.
The vcd2vpd Utility
The vcd2vpd utility converts a VCD file generated using $dumpvars
or any CLI or SCL dump commands to a VPD file.
The vcd2vpd Utility Syntax
vcd2vpd [-bmin_buffer_size] [-fmax_output_filesize] [-h]
[-m] [-q] [+delatcycle] [+glitchon] [+nocompress]
[+nocurrentvalue] [+bitrangenospace] [+vpdnoreadopt]
[+dut+dut_sufix] [+tf+tf_sufix] vcd_file vpd_file
Here:
-bmin_buffer_size
Minimum buffer size in KB used to store Value Change Data
before writing it to disk.
-fmax_output_filesize
Maximum output file size in KB. Wrap around occurs if the
specified file size is reached.
-h
Translate hierarchy information only.