where

The where command displays information about the system environment. This command is useful for debugging problems where ModelSim cannot find the required libraries or support files.

Syntax

where

Arguments

None.

Description

The where command displays three important system settings:

current directory

This is the current directory that ModelSim was invoked from, or was specified on the ModelSim command line. Once in vsim, the current directory cannot be changed.

current project file

This is the initialization file ModelSim is using. All library mappings, are taken from here. Window positions, and other parameters are taken from the modelsim.tcl file.

work library

This is the library that ModelSim used to find the current design unit that is being simulated.

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