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3-2 Suite56 DSP Tools User’s Manual Motorola
Initializing a Debugging Environment
3.1.2 Defining Paths and Working Directories
A Suite56 tool, by default, looks for input files and places output files in the current
working directory. It can also redirect its search for files and its output to other specified
directories by means of a path. For every target device, the debugger can maintain a
distinct path, so you can organize input and output files for each target device separately.
In the graphic user interface, to set the current
working directory and to define a path to alternate
directories for the current device, choose the File
menu, and select Path. You can then Set the current
working directory, Add other directories as
alternates, or Clear the list of directories for that
device.
In the text-based interface, you specify a current working directory and paths to alternate
directories through environment variables that you define. You define those environment
variables “on the fly” in a command window of your operating system, or alternatively in
a resource macro file, as explained in Section 5.2, "I’m tired of initializing my
development environment every time I start work. Is there any way to save my
development environment?," on page 5-2.
3.1.3 Logging Commands for Later Reuse
One of the most useful features of a Suite56 tool is its ability to log commands that you
issue. You can then save those logged commands in a file and reuse the file later to repeat
that command sequence. The log file that you create in this way is an ordinary ASCII text
file; you can edit it with your favorite text editor.
To create a log file of commands, in the graphic user
interface, from the File menu, choose Log,andthen
choose Commands. A dialogue box opens for you
to indicate where you want to save the file
containing the logged commands. Any commands
you issue to the tool after that point will be logged
in that file to be saved automatically as executable
macros.
Later, when you want to stop logging commands,
from the File menu, choose Close. A dialogue box
appears for you to indicate which log to close.