Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:16:32 -0800

On 12/19/20 5:52 PM, Rolf Keitel via Tech-talk wrote:
> I am trying to run a simple softIocPVA.
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> I created a boot directory for the ioc and copied softIocPVA and softIocPVA.dbd  from the EPICS build tree to the boot directory.

I didn't expect that anyone would do this :)

I suppose it is ironic that my attempt to enable relocation of softIoc* should
backfire in this situation.  I assumed that the entire build tree would be
copied so that the softIoc executable(s) and corresponding .dbd files would
maintain their relative locations.  The ../../dbd/softIoc*.dbd you see is
relative to the directory containing the executable, not $PWD.

> I am using the following st.cmd script:
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> The IOC starts as I expect in EPICS 7.0.3, but not in 7.0.4.1
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> In 7.0.4.1 the dbd file is not found and I get the following error message (I massaged the output and inserted <boot directory> for my lengthy IOC boot directory path):
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> Rolf Keitel, Ph.D
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> TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall
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> Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A3
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> Tel.: 604 222 7453
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> e-mail: rolf at triumf.ca <mailto:rolf at triumf.ca>
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> -- The old generation has to die off so that a new set of idiots can make the same mistakes all over again --
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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