Answers Database Workstation install: How to find a particular file on the Sun/HP 5.2.1 CD Record #1532 Product Family: Software Product Line: M1 Graphical/General Product Part: Install Product Version: 5.2 Problem Title: Workstation install: How to find a particular file on the Sun/HP 5.2.1 CD Problem Description: Unlike the 5.2.1/6.0.1 XACT CD for the PC, the Workstation CD's files are compressed (.zip). If you require a single file or set of files, and do not wish to re-install, there is a simple way to determine which .zip file contains the desired file. Solution 1: Among the several directories under the root is a HP7/install (for HP machines) and a SN2/install (for Sun Machines). In the /install directory of the desired platform, you will find several files with extension "da". There exists a .da file for each product: ds344.da Mentor interface ds401.da Synopsys interface ds371.da XABEL ds500.da ***license tools*** ds380.da XBLOX ds502.da FPGA Core Implementation ds391.da Viewlogic interface ds550.da EPLD Core Implementation Within a .da file is all the filenames for that tool as well as the name of the .zip archive it is stored in. For example, ds502.da shows on a certain line: f699 data/3030a.die 303535 03/28/96 14:58 0 ds502 3030aa This indicates the file 3030a.die exists in an archive called 3030aa_0.zip (append a _0.zip to the last name on the line). Most of the .zip archives exist in the /XACT directory, with the exception of DS391 (Viewlogic Interface), which is in /POWERVIE. If you cannot locate the filename you need in the .da file, then try "grep" on all the .da files. If your workstation cannot handle .zip files, then the utility "unzip" is located in the /install directory. End of Record #1532 - Last Modified: 12/06/96 16:49

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