Technical data

checkpoint

ModelSim EE/SE Command Reference ModelSim Commands CR-53

checkpoint

The checkpoint command saves the state of your simulation. The checkpoint

command saves the simulation kernel state, the vsim.wav file, the list of the HDL

items shown in the List and Wave windows, the file pointer positions for files

opened under VHDL and the Verilog $fopen system task, and the states of foreign

architectures. Changes you made interactively while running VSIM are not saved;

for example, VSIM macros, command-line interface additions like user-defined

commands, and states of graphical user interface windows are not saved.

Once saved, a checkpoint file may be used with the restore command

(CR-134)

during the same simulation to restore the simulation to a previous state. A VSIM

session may also be started with a checkpoint file by using the vsim -restore

command

(CR-208).

Syntax

checkpoint

Arguments

Specifies the name of the checkpoint file. Required.