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<h1 align="center">gsymcheck</h1>
<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
<a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a><br>
<a href="#ENVIRONMENT">ENVIRONMENT</a><br>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
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<h2>NAME
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">gsymcheck -
gEDA/gaf Symbol Checker</p>
<h2>SYNOPSIS
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>gsymcheck</b>
[−h] [−v] [−q] symbol1 [... symbolN]</p>
<h2>DESCRIPTION
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>gsymcheck</i>
is a symbol checker for gEDA/gaf. Here is a list of checks
that <i>gsymcheck</i> performs:</p>
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<p>•</p></td>
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<p>Checks for graphical= attribute (if present does varied
tests)</p> </td></tr>
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<p>•</p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
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<p>Checks for the device= attribute</p></td></tr>
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<p>•</p></td>
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<p>Checks for various other missing attributes (pinlabel,
pintype, pinseq, footprint, refdes)</p></td></tr>
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<p>•</p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
<td width="86%">
<p>Checks to make sure that the active pin end is on the
100 unit grid.</p></td></tr>
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<td width="1%">
<p>•</p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
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<p>Checks the uses of the various attributes (duplicates,
incorrect syntax, invalid values, etc...)</p></td></tr>
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<td width="1%">
<p>•</p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
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<p>Checks for obsolete, old, and forbidden attributes</p></td></tr>
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<td width="1%">
<p>•</p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
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<p>Checks for any nets or buses within a symbol</p></td></tr>
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<td width="1%">
<p>•</p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
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<p>Checks for any other connections within a symbol</p></td></tr>
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<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="1%">
<p>•</p></td>
<td width="2%"></td>
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<p>Checks to make sure the number of pins is the correct
number</p> </td></tr>
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<h2>OPTIONS
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>gsymcheck</i>
accepts the following options:</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>-q</b></p></td>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em">Quiet mode on. This mode turns
off all warnings/notes/messages. (optional)</p></td></tr>
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<p><b>-v</b></p></td>
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<p>Verbose mode 1. This mode will show all error messages
(optional)</p> </td></tr>
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<p><b>-vv</b></p></td>
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<p>Verbose mode 2. This mode will show all error and
warning messages (optional)</p></td></tr>
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<p><b>-vvv</b></p></td>
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<p>Verbose mode 2. This mode will show all error, warning,
and info messages (optional)</p></td></tr>
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<p><b>-h</b></p></td>
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<p>Usage summary / gsymcheck help</p></td></tr>
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<p style="margin-left:11%;">symbol1 [... symbolN]</p>
<p style="margin-left:23%;">At least one symbol file must
be specified. If multiple symbols are specified then they
are sequentially read in and checked. It is important that
the schematic(s) follow all the options (ie last).</p>
<h2>EXAMPLES
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Here are some
examples on how to run <i>gsymcheck</i>:</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To get usage
information just run:</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">gsymcheck</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To actually
check a symbol with just error counts, run:</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">gsymcheck
symbolfilename.sym</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To get the
actuall error messages, run:</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">gsymcheck
−v symbolfilename.sym</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To see all the
error messages and warnings, run:</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">gsymcheck
−vv symbolfilename.sym</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">To see all the
error messages, warnings, and parse info, run:</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">gsymcheck
−vvv symbolfilename.sym</p>
<h2>ENVIRONMENT
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>gsymcheck</i>
respects the following environment variable: <b><br>
GEDADATA</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:23%;">specifies where the various
required scheme and rc files are located (the default is
${prefix}/share/gEDA). This environment variables does not
need to be set by the end user unless they are moving the
executables to a new install ${prefix}.</p>
<h2>AUTHOR
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Ales Hvezda and
many others</p>
<h2>SEE ALSO
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>gschem</b>(1),
<b>gnetlist</b>(1)</p>
<h2>COPYRIGHT
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
© 1999-2008 Ales Hvezda</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This document
can be freely redistributed according to the terms of the
GNU General Public License version 2.0</p>
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