Answers Database M1: ERROR:basnb - SECURITY ERROR --Unable to lock license for ngdbuild: license file syntax (-2,134:2) No such file or directory Record #1883 Product Family: Software Product Line: M1 Graphical/General Product Part: xilinxd Product Version: 1.3 Problem Title: M1: ERROR:basnb - SECURITY ERROR --Unable to lock license for ngdbuild: license file syntax (-2,134:2) No such file or directory Problem Description: Urgency: Hot General Description: ERROR:basnb - SECURITY ERROR --Unable to lock license for ngdbuild: license fi le syntax (-2,134:2) No such file or directory Solution 1: The M1 license files include package definitions using backslashes at the end of a line. (See the example at the end of this Known Issue.) The backslash (\) character means that the line is continued onto the next line. These lines are sometimes wrapped or padded with blanks by e-mail programs. It can be difficult to recognize the symptoms of this problem when the license manager starts. Other syntax errors occur due to extra characters added to the license file. Shown below is an example of a valid node locked license. # # INCREMENT ALI-STD-PC xilinxd 1.000 1-jan-0 0 ED23D1253D2865S235 \       "XSJ_main" DISK_SERIAL_NUM=3e1d5kk4 # # # PACKAGE ES-4EX-WS xilinxd 1.000 306070A16ED40CE70310 \          COMPONENTS="system ngd2vhdl verilog bit xc3000D xc4000X \          mentor synopsys viewlog verilog" \          OPTIONS=SUITE End of Record #1883 - Last Modified: 06/07/97 13:05

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