close_vcd - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2020-11-18
Version
2020.2 English

Flush VCD information to the VCD output file and close the file

Syntax

close_vcd [‑quiet] [‑verbose]

Usage

Name Description
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution

Categories

Simulation

Description

Closes the open Value Change Dump (VCD) file.

Only one VCD file can be open in the Vivado simulator at one time. You must close the currently opened VCD file before opening another file.

Arguments

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

Examples

The following example closes the current VCD object:

close_vcd

See Also