NAME¶
gsymcheck - gEDA/gaf Symbol Checker
SYNOPSIS¶
gsymcheck [-h] [-v] [-q] symbol1 [... symbolN]
DESCRIPTION¶
gsymcheck is a symbol checker for gEDA/gaf. Here is a list of checks that
gsymcheck performs:
- •
- Checks for graphical= attribute (if present does varied tests)
- •
- Checks for the device= attribute
- •
- Checks for various other missing attributes (pinlabel, pintype, pinseq,
footprint, refdes)
- •
- Checks to make sure that the active pin end is on the 100 unit grid.
- •
- Checks the uses of the various attributes (duplicates, incorrect syntax,
invalid values, etc...)
- •
- Checks for obsolete, old, and forbidden attributes
- •
- Checks for any nets or buses within a symbol
- •
- Checks for any other connections within a symbol
- •
- Checks to make sure the number of pins is the correct number
OPTIONS¶
gsymcheck accepts the following options:
- -q
- Quiet mode on. This mode turns off all warnings/notes/messages.
(optional)
- -v
- Verbose mode 1. This mode will show all error messages (optional)
- -vv
- Verbose mode 2. This mode will show all error and warning messages
(optional)
- -vvv
- Verbose mode 2. This mode will show all error, warning, and info messages
(optional)
- -h
- Usage summary / gsymcheck help
- symbol1 [... symbolN]
- At least one symbol file must be specified. If multiple symbols are
specified then they are sequentially read in and checked. It is important
that the schematic(s) follow all the options (ie last).
EXAMPLES¶
Here are some examples on how to run
gsymcheck:
To get usage information just run:
gsymcheck
To actually check a symbol with just error counts, run:
gsymcheck symbolfilename.sym
To get the actuall error messages, run:
gsymcheck -v symbolfilename.sym
To see all the error messages and warnings, run:
gsymcheck -vv symbolfilename.sym
To see all the error messages, warnings, and parse info, run:
gsymcheck -vvv symbolfilename.sym
ENVIRONMENT¶
gsymcheck respects the following environment variable:
- GEDADATA
- specifies where the various required scheme and rc files are located (the
default is ${prefix}/share/gEDA). This environment variables does not need
to be set by the end user unless they are moving the executables to a new
install ${prefix}.
AUTHOR¶
Ales Hvezda and many others
SEE ALSO¶
gschem(1),
gnetlist(1)
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1999-2008 Ales Hvezda
This document can be freely redistributed according to the terms of the GNU
General Public License version 2.0
