Specifications

CHAPTER 1: DESIGN FLOW
COMMAND-LINE DESIGN FLOW
20 ■ INTRODUCTION TO QUARTUS II ALTERA CORPORATION
You can run each executable individually, but you can also run all the
Compiler executables at once by using the following command:
quartus_sh --flow compile <project name> [-c <revision name>] r
This command will run the quartus_map, quartus_fit, quartus_asm, and
quartus_tan executables as part of a full compilation. Depending on your
settings, it may also run the optional quartus_drc, quartus_eda, and
quartus_cdb executables.
Some of the executables create a separate text-based report file that you can
view with any text editor. The name of each report file uses the following
format:
<revision name>.<abbreviated executable name>.rpt
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Getting Help On the Quartus II Executables
If you want to get help on the command-line options that are available for each of
the Quartus II executables, type one of the following commands at the command
prompt:
<executable name> -h
r
<executable name> --help r
<executable name> --help=<topic or option name> r
You can also get help on command-line executables by using the Quartus II
Command-Line Executable and Tcl API Help Browser, which is a Tcl- and Tk-based
GUI that lets you browse the command-line and Tcl API help. To use this help, type
the following command at the command prompt:
quartus_sh --qhelp
r
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The quartus_cmd Executable
If you have used the quartus_cmd executable to perform project compilation in
previous versions of the Quartus II software, this executable is still supported for
backward compatibility; however, Altera recommends that for all new designs, you
do not use the quartus_cmd executable, but use the executables that are listed in
Table 3 on page 18. If you are used to using the quartus_cmd executable to
compile a design, you can get the same functionality by using the quartus_sh
executable with the following options:
quartus_sh --flow compile <project name> [-c < Revision Name> ]
r