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Library management commands

ModelSim EE/PLUS Reference Manual Design Libraries

Library management commands

These library management commands are available from the UNIX/DOS

command line, or from the Model

Sim

graphic interface. Only brief descriptions

are provided here; for more information and command syntax see the "ModelSim

Command Reference" (p67).

Working with design libraries

The implementation of a design library is not defined within standard VHDL or

Verilog. Within Model

Sim

, design libraries are implemented as directories and

can have any legal name allowed by the operating system, with one exception;

extended identifiers are not supported for library names.

Creatin

a library

Before you run the compiler, you need to create a working design library. This can

be done from either the UNIX/DOS command line or from the Model

Sim

graphic

interface.

Creating a working library from the command line

From either the UNIX/DOS prompt, or the Model

Sim

prompt, use this

vlib

command (p81):

vlib <directory_pathname>

Command Description

vdel (p76) deletes a design unit from a specified library

vdir (p78) selectively lists the contents of a library.

vlib (p81) creates a design library

vmake (p88) prints a makefile for a library to the standard output

vmap (p89) defines or displays a mapping between a logical library name

and a directory by modifying th

modelsim.ini

ile; may also

be invoked from the Main window command line