ECE558/658 CAD Tools Setup

1. First, you need to copy a file (setup.tcsh) to your login directory on vlsicad1/2.ecs.umass.edu. Check that it indeed copied to your home directory by using the unix ls command.

>cp /opt/cadence/ece658_setup/setup.tcsh ./

>ls ~/setup.tcsh
8 /yourhomedirectory/setup.tcsh*
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2. Execute "setup.tcsh"

> ./setup.tcsh
.cshrc will be replaced. Do you want to back up your cshrc? [y or n]:y
.cshrc is renamed to cshrc.ecs.org
.login will be replaced. Do you want to back up your login? [y or n]:y
.login is renamed to login.ecs.org
####################################################
# You are responsible to maintain correct .cshrc
#.login scripts. These two scripts are supplied to
#make your environmental setup consistent with TA's
#environmental setup.
####################################################
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Note: During the process above, the original .cshrc and .login supplied by ECS were replaced. This will cause some problems, if you are using other ECS UNIX machines. If you want to use the original ECS .cshrc and .login on ECS UNIX machines, you have to modify them to match the TA supplied .cshrc and .login.

3. Check whether you have the vlsix directory or not.

> ls ~/vlsix
total 8
8 cadsetup*
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4. Source the cadsetup file in the vlsix directory as it contains the path for all the tools.

> cd vlsix

> source cadsetup

5. Logout from vlsix.ecs.umass.edu.

>exit

6. Login back into vlsix.ecs.umass.edu. You can see the prompt is changed.

vlsicad:~>