Last changed 2003-Apr-03
Preparing a hierarchy of directories ('folders' in Windows parlance) will save you a great deal of trouble later. You will be much better able to keep track of the organization of your modular design if you avoid dumping all your work into one directory (especially your home directory). The subdirectories used in this tutorial are created in a command window (xterm, cmdtool, etc) as follows:
hoodoo:/home/stirra> mkdir -p classes/engr357/pcbtut hoodoo:/home/stirra> cd classes/engr357/pcbtut hoodoo:/home/stirra/classes/engr357/pcbtut>You might prefer to create a hierarchy something like:
hoodoo:/home/doejan/classes/engr357/labs>
Open up a second command-line tool in the window manager (cmdtool, xterm, or whatever you prefer), and navigate down to your project directory:
hoodoo:/home/stirra> cd classes/engr357/pcbtut hoodoo:/home/stirra/classes/engr357/pcbtut>You will use one command window for running Mentor applications, and the other for command-line steps (do_package and do_fablink primarily).