Experimental Physics and
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dbLoadTemplate Format

This format is an extension of the format accepted by the EPICS IOC command dbLoadTemplate, and allows templates to be expanded on the host rather by using dbLoadTemplate at IOC boot time.

global {gbl_var1=gbl_val1, gbl_var2=gbl_val2, ...}
file templatefile {
    pattern format or regular format
}
file "${WHERE}/template2" {
    pattern format or regular format
}

For the dbTemplate format, the template filename does not have to be given on the command line, and is usually specified in the substitutions file instead. If a template filename is given on the command line it will override the filenames listed in the substitutions files.

Hi Michael,
You got to be careful with your file names. IIRC the EPICS build system
contains rules that automatically expand templates and substitution
files using MSI as follows:

.substitutions -> .db
.template -> .db

The ".template" extension is only required if your file is using
"substitute" and "include". If your files don't contain these keywords
".db" would probably be a better choice. If you use these keywords you
probably want to refer to "foo.db" in your substitution file to include
the already expanded file.

That being said, the following works as expected:

$ grep DB Makefile
DB += file.db
$ cat file.substitutions
file "other1.db" {
{X=1}
}
file "other2.db" {
{X=2}
}
$ cat other1.db
# from file.template $(X)
$ cat other2.db
# from other.template $(X)
$ make -C ../../ distclean all
$ cat ../../db/file.db
# from file.template 1
# from other.template 2

HTH,

Martin

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