Re: puzzle running softIocPVA

[Rolf Keitel via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

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Thanks Michael,

I had tried the -D option as I saw it when I did   softIocPVA -h. 
It worked if I start the softIocPVA from the command line, but it did not work in the #!  line of st.cmd.

I did not know that it works without the white space, but just tried and it does. One always learns.

I was foreseeing problems for the IOC boot configuration system at TRIUMF as our system is based on each IOC having a boot directory, which contains all the files for the current configuration, including the IOC image and dbd file(s), so that no special tools are necessary for reverting back to a previous configuration.

As long as the -D option works in st.cmd (with or without white space) we will be ok.

- rolf -

On 2020-12-20 11:26 a.m., Michael Davidsaver wrote:

> On 12/20/20 11:12 AM, Johnson, Andrew N. wrote:
> > IIRC the original softIoc had an option to specify the DBD file path on the command line (-D perhaps), and I don’t think Michael removed that so you might be able to get it to work by adding that option, possibly to your st.cmd’s #! line.
> >       
> '-D' is recognized in 7.0.4.1, I didn't mention this since
>
> > #!./softIoc -D softIoc.dbd
> >       
> won't work.
>
> However, maybe you knew that
>
> > #!./softIoc -DsoftIoc.dbd
> >       
> is recognized?  I hadn't until now.
>

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