Re: CapFast naming

[Johnny Tang <tang@cebaf.gov>]

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> 
> A question for the CapFast experts. I have just started using CapFast and
> constructed some hierarchical symbols. I found that when I produced the
> database from the schematic some of the records within these symbols had
> extra digits appended to the names preceded by an underscore. e.g. a
> record called test might come out as test_32. This would not be so bad but
> as I changed the structure of the symbol the digits would also change i.e.
> test_32 might become test_6. This plays havoc with any CA clients. 
> Any suggestions as to what is going on ?
> 
>    Chris Mayer
>

  edif2sr with "-n truncate" option is supposed to truncate the _<digits>.
I believe, however, the code has a bug. It only truncates single digit. 

  Two other options have been used at CEBAF to handle this problem:

  1. Using the renaming tool, "sr2sf" developed at CEBAF.
   
     ftp.cebaf.gov:/pub/epics/capfastTools/
     ftp.cebaf.gov:/pub/epics/doc/capfastTools/

  2. Write a little script using sed & awk to parse the short form.


  Johnny Tang
  CEBAF