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Log File Messages

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All messages, whether they are warnings or error messages, are directed to the log file. You can specify the log file name with the -log command line option or specify it in the parameter file. The default log file name is conn2sch.log.

Common Messages

The following are some common messages that may appear in the log file:

• If you have specified all the arguments correctly, but the target library does not exist before starting conn2sch, then the following messages appear in the log file:
  

  conn2sch -lib src_lib -cell src_cell -view schematic -destLib dest_lib 
  -param conn2sch_params

  @(#)$CDS: conn2sch.exe version 6.1.2 08/02/2007 16:54 (cic612sun) $ Tue Aug 7 10:36:21 2007
INFO (CONN2SCH-484): Target library dest_lib not found. Creating a new target library ...
INFO (CONN2SCH-372): Checked-in schematic src_cell.
INFO (CONN2SCH-206): End of Logfile.
• If the import_if_exists variable is set to 0 in the parameter file, then the following messages appear in the log file.
  

  conn2sch -param conn2sch_params -lib src_lib -cell src_cell -view schematic 
  -destLib dest_lib

  @(#)$CDS: conn2sch.exe version 6.1.2 08/02/2007 16:54 (cic612sun) $ Tue Aug 7 10:55:59 2007
ERROR (CONN2SCH-186): Cell src_cell and view schematic already exists in the target library. Not importing because the option, overwrite-if-exists, is not set to true.
INFO (CONN2SCH-206): End of Logfile.
• If the import_if_exists variable is set to 1 in the parameter file, then the following messages appear in the log file.
  

  conn2sch -param conn2sch_params -lib srcl_lib -cell src_cell -view schematic 
  -destLib dest_lib

  @(#)$CDS: conn2sch.exe version 6.1.2 08/06/2007 15:12 (cic612sun) $ Tue Aug 7 11:18:12 2007
WARNING (CONN2SCH-185): Cell src_cell view schematic already exists in the target library. Overwriting this cell view because the option, overwrite-if-exists, is set to true.
INFO (CONN2SCH-372): Checked-in schematic src_cell.
INFO (CONN2SCH-206): End of Logfile.

Error Messages

The following are some common errors and the corresponding messages that appear in the log file.

• If the specified source cellview does not contain the instances and connectivity information, the following messages appear in the log file and Connectivity-to-Schematic exits:
  

  conn2sch -lib srcLib -cell srcCell -view srcView -destLib destLib

  @(#)$CDS: conn2sch.exe version 6.1.2 08/06/2007 15:12 (cic612sun) $ Tue Aug 7 11:22:58 2007
INFO (CONN2SCH-199): Source cell view NewCell has no instances.
ERROR (CONN2SCH-200): The cell view srcCell does not have connectivity information. Therefore unable to create schematic for this cell view. Exiting ...
INFO (CONN2SCH-206): End of Logfile.
• If you specify invalid arguments for the -lib, -cell, or -view options then the following messages appear in the log file.
  

  conn2sch -param conn2sch_param -lib srcLib -cell srcCell -view schematic 
  -destLib destLib

  @(#)$CDS: conn2sch.exe version 6.1.2 08/06/2007 15:12 (cic612sun) $ Tue Aug 7 11:26:58 2007
ERROR (CONN2SCH-188): Could not open cell src_cell_new view schematic in library src_lib_new.
INFO (CONN2SCH-206): End of Logfile.
• If you do not specify the parameter file name with the -param option, then the following message appears on the terminal window.
  

  conn2sch -param -lib src_lib -cell src_cell -view schematic -destLib dest_lib

  @(#)$CDS: conn2sch.exe version 6.1.2 08/06/2007 15:12 (cic612sun) $: (c) Copyright 1994-2006, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
ERROR (CONN2SCH-3): Parameter file name has not been specified. You must specify a valid parameter file name after the -param option.

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