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    <h1>generate_test.rb</h1>
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      <td>Sat Oct 28 02:20:39 PDT 2006</td>
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Generates Ruby-VPI tests from Verilog 2001 module declarations.
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<li>The standard input stream is read if no input files are specified.

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<li>The first input signal in a module&#8217;s declaration is assumed to be the
clocking signal.

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<h1>Progress indicators</h1>
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As this tool performs its duties, it notifies you of important information
using the following indicators.
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<tr><td valign="top">create:</td><td>Output file does not exist. It will be created.

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<tr><td valign="top">skip:</td><td>Output file exists and is up to date.

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<tr><td valign="top">update:</td><td>Output file exists and is out of date. A backup copy will be made (with a
&quot;.old&quot; suffix) before this output file is updated. Use a text
merging tool or manually transfer any necessary information from the backup
copy to the updated output file.

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<tr><td valign="top">MERGER:</td><td>A command for invoking a text merging tool with two arguments: old file,
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      ruby-vpi/verilog_parser&nbsp;&nbsp;
      fileutils&nbsp;&nbsp;
      digest/md5&nbsp;&nbsp;
      ruby-vpi/erb&nbsp;&nbsp;
      optparse&nbsp;&nbsp;
      ruby-vpi/rdoc&nbsp;&nbsp;
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          <td class="context-item-name">VERILOG_BENCH_TEMPLATE</td>
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obtain templates for output generation

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          <td class="context-item-name">DESIGN_TEMPLATE</td>
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          <td class="context-item-value">Template.new('design.rb')</td>
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Notify the user about some action being performed.
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Writes the given contents to the file at the given path. If the given path
already exists, then a backup is created before invoking the merging tool.
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