reimport_files - 2022.1 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)

Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2022-05-05
Version
2022.1 English

Reimport files when they are found out-of-date

Syntax

reimport_files [‑force] [‑quiet] [‑verbose] [<files>...]

Returns

List of file objects that were imported.

Usage

Name Description
[-force] Force a reimport to happen even when the local files may be newer
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
[<files>] List of files to reimport. If no files are specified, all files in the project that are out-of-date, will be reimported

Categories

Project

Description

Reimports project files. This updates the local project files from the original referenced source files.

Arguments

-force - (Optional) Reimport files even when the local project files may be newer than their referenced source files.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<files> - (Optional) List of files to reimport. If no files are specified, all files in the project that are out-of-date, will be reimported. If you use -force and specify no files, all files in the project will be reimported.

Examples

The following example reimports all project files regardless of whether they are out of date, or the local files are newer than the referenced source file:
reimport_files -force
Note: No warnings will be issued for newer local files that will be overwritten.
The following example reimports the specified files to the project, but only if the original source file is newer than the local project file:
reimport_files C:/Data/FPGA_Design/source1.v \
   C:/Data/FPGA_Design/source2.vhdl