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NAME

       shmidcat - Copies stdin/file to a shared memory block for gtkwave(1)

SYNTAX

       shmidcat [VCDFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Copies  either  the  file specified at the command line or stdin (if no
       file specified) line by line to a shared  memory  block.   stdout  will
       contain a shared memory ID which should be passed on to gtkwave(1).

EXAMPLES

       To run this program the standard way type:

       cat whatever.vcd | shmidcat
              The shared memory ID is emitted to stdout.

       shmidcat whatever.vcd | gtkwave -v -I whatever.sav
              GTKWave directly grabs the ID from stdin.

LIMITATIONS

       This program is mainly for illustrative and testing purposes only.  Its
       primary use is for people who wish to write interactive VCD dumpers for
       gtkwave(1)  as  its  source  code  may  be  examined,  particularly the
       emit_string() function.  It can also be used to test if an existing VCD
       file  will load properly in interactive mode.  Note that it can also be
       used to redirect VCD files which are written into a pipe to  gtkwave(1)
       in a non-blocking fashion.

AUTHORS

       Anthony Bybell <bybell@nc.rr.com>

SEE ALSO

       gtkwave(1)