Return Codes

Altera_Forum · ‎09-06-2013

How to use return codes when programming the device by using the following command (included in the tcl-script):

quartus_pgm --mode=as --cable=USB-Blaster --operation=pv\;file_name.pof

Quartus II command-line executables exit with the one of the following return codes.

Return Code Description

0 Execution was successful

2 Execution failed due to an internal error

3 Execution failed due to user error(s)

4 Execution was stopped by the user

So, what kind of script (.tcl) should I write, so that some return code is returned after programming?

Altera_Forum · ‎09-11-2013

Answer swiped from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/just-wonder-how-to-get-exit-status-of-pragram-in-tcl-code-645406/

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quote from activetcl 8.5.2.0 help pages

Code:

To execute a program that can return a non-zero result, you should wrap the call to exec in catch and check the contents of the -errorcode return option if you have an error:

set status 0
if {} {
   set details 
   if { eq "CHILDSTATUS"} {
      set status 
   } else {
     #  Some kind of unexpected failure
   }
}

quote from man n exec

Code:

To execute a program that can return a non-zero result, you should wrap the call to exec in catch and check |

what the contents of the global errorCode variable is if you have an error:


              set status 0                                                                                             
              if {} {                                                           
                 if { eq "CHILDSTATUS"} {                                                       
                    set status                                                                  
                 } else {                                                                                              
                   #  Some kind of unexpected failure                                                                  
                 }                                                                                                     
              }

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