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@rocketmail.com>

SEE ALSO

       gtkwave(1)

Anthony Bybell                                        3.0.8                                          SHMIDCAT(1)