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<h1>8<a name="1008781"> </a></h1>
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<h1><a name="1014156">LEF File Comparison Utility</a></h1>
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<p><a name="1019932">The Cadence</a><font color="#000000"><sup>®</sup></font> Library Exchange Format (LEF) reader provides the following utility for comparing LEF files. </p>
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<h3><a name="1022364">lefdefdiff</a></h3>
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<p><a name="1022368">Compares two LEF or DEF files and reports any differences between them.</a></p>
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<p><a name="1022503">Because LEF and DEF files can be very large, the </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">lefdefdiff</font> utility writes each construct from a file to an output file in the <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">/tmp</font> directory. The utility writes the constructs using the format:</p>
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<blockquote><a name="1022610"><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>section_head</em></font></a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">/</font><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>subsection</em></font><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">/</font><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>subsection</em></font><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">/</font> ... <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">/</font><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>statement</em></font> </blockquote>
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<p><a name="1022612">The </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">lefdefdiff</font> utility then sorts the output files and uses the <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">diff</font> program to compare the two files. Always verify the accuracy of the <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">diff</font> results. </p>
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<p><font color="#000000"><strong>Note: </strong></font><a name="1022623">You must specify the </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">-lef</font> or <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">-def</font>, <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>inFileName1</em></font>, and <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>inFileName2</em></font> arguments in the listed order. All other arguments can be specified in any order after these arguments. </p>
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<h4><a name="1022171">Syntax</a></h4>
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<font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><a name="1020526">lefdefdiff<dd>{-lef | -def} <dd></a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>inFileName1</em></font> <dd><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>inFileName2</em></font> <dd>[-o <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>outFileName</em></font>] <dd>[-path <font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>pathName</em></font>] <dd>[-quick] <dd>[-d] <dd>[-ignorePinExtra]<dd>[-ignoreRowName]<dd>[-h]</font>
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<h4><a name="1022176">Arguments</a></h4>
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<strong><a name="1022388"><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">-d</font></a> </strong>
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<blockquote><a name="1023015">Uses the gnu </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">diff</font> program to compare the files for a smaller set of differences. Use this argument only for UNIX platforms. </blockquote>
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<strong><a name="1022632"><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">-h</font></a> </strong>
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<blockquote><a name="1023026">Returns the syntax and command usage for the </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">lefdefdiff</font> utility. </blockquote>
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<blockquote><a name="1023033">Ignores any </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">.extra</font><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>N</em></font> statements in the pin name. This argument can only be used when comparing DEF files. </blockquote>
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<blockquote><a name="1023041">Ignores the row name when comparing </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">ROW</font> statements in the DEF files. This argument can only be used when comparing DEF files.</blockquote>
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<blockquote><a name="1023049">Specifies the first LEF or DEF file.</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote><a name="1023071">Outputs the results of the comparison to the specified file.<br></a><font color="#000000"><em>Default:</em></font> Outputs the results to the screen</blockquote>
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<strong><a name="1022423"><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">-path </font></a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000"><em>pathName</em></font></strong>
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<blockquote><a name="1023079">Temporarily stores the intermediate files created by the </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">lefdefdiff</font> utility in the specified path directory.<br><font color="#000000"><em>Default:</em></font> Temporarily stores the files in the current directory</blockquote>
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<strong><a name="1022441"><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">-quick</font></a></strong>
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<blockquote><a name="1023087">Uses the </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">bdiff</font> program to perform a faster comparison.</blockquote>
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<h3><a name="1021641">Example</a></h3>
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<p><a name="1021642">The following example shows an output file created by the </a><font size="2" face="'Courier New'" color="#000000">lefdefdiff</font> utility after comparing two LEF files: </p>
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<font size="2" face=""Courier New"" color="#000000"><a name="1022459">#The names of the two LEF files that were compared.</a></font>
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<font size="2" face=""Courier New"" color="#000000"><a name="1022546">> LAYER M1 SPACING 0.6</a></font>
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<font size="2" face=""Courier New"" color="#000000"><a name="1022578">#Statements listed under Deleted were found in file1.lef but not in file2.lef.</a></font>
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<font size="2" face=""Courier New"" color="#000000"><a name="1022562">> MACRO INV_B CLASS CORE EEQ INV SYMMETRY X Y R90 </a></font>
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<font size="2" face=""Courier New"" color="#000000"><a name="1022573">> OBS PATH ( 58.8 3 ) ( 58.8 123 ) </a></font>
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