vhmake.exe is a main program to control the compilation process transforming
a VHDL source code into Boolean equations. Its main tasks are: read compilation
options, clear working directory after earlier compilations, making an initial
list of files to be compiled (in the file: design.dgn) and calling other modules
of the compiler with required options. Vhmake successively calls the following
programs: lexical analyzer (vhdllex.exe), syntax analyzer (vhdlpars.exe),
semantic analyzer (anseman.exe), Boolean equations generator (generato.exe),
postprocessor (jaw.exe) and optimalizer (elim_tmp.exe).

Below is a short list of all options of the vhmake program:

vhmake.exe

callled without any option, serches in a current directory for files with .vhd
extension, creates a project file with a list of vhdl source files and compiles
source code contained in these files and generates Boolean equations

with -o option, vhmake SWITCHES ON, the optimization of generated equations
is carried out with the elim_tmp.exe program.

with -c option vhmake SWITCHES OFF equation generating, the program runs only
a compilation (this option is usefull in a standalone package compilation)

with -s option syntax checking is SWITCHED OFF, (by default ON), it is an
internal compiler option and will be removed from afinal compiler version

with -l option, SWITCHES ON, full encoding of STD_LOGIC values in a compiler
is realized

with -k option SWITCHES OFF, waiting for a key press after the execution of
vhmake (by default on), option is useful for testing process

with -p option treat next string after this option like a file with a project,
in this file in following lines are written names of files with a .vhd
extension from current directory chosen by user
for example:
a.vhd
test.vhd
empty.vhd
Compiler, when called without -p option, also creates this file and places it in
the subdirectory work/ with the name design.dgn

Currently it is not possible to place compiled files in a directory other
than a compiler directory.

In addition to options presented above, it is also possible to create a list of .vhd files
directly from command line, for example:
vhmake.exe a.vhd test.vhd empty.vhd

All presented options may be written in arbitrary order.


Examples of vhmake use:

vhmake -p design.prr -o -s tests.vhd
only files listed in design.prr file will be compiled, optimization is on,
checking syntax is off, the file tests.vhd will not be compiled

vhmake -c t.vhd t2.vhd -k

compilation only (without equations generation) of t.vhd and t2.vhd files, after
compilation compiler doesn't wait for key press,

Present version of vhmake is compiled with MSVisualC6.0 and DJGPP compiler (gcc).