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DBLOAD2GDS COMMAND-LINE
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dbload2gds +dbload:<DBLOAD-INPUT> +gds:<GDSII-OUTPUT> [OPTIONS]

REQUIRED :-

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+dbload:<DBLOAD-INPUT>
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+ Specify the path of a valid and compatible .dbload.l64 file to be used as the
  source
+ To check if a .dbload file is compatible, read the first FIVE bytes of the
  .dbload.l64 file and compare it with the major.minor revision number of 
  dbload2gds. E.g A .dbload.l64 1.06 is compatible with dbload2gds v1.6.xx
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+gds:<GDSII-OUTPUT>
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+ Specify the path (including file name) of the GDSII file to be created
+ The directory component of this path MUST exist and have suitable write 
  permissions
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OPTIONAL :-

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-layers:<LAYER-LIST>
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+ Specify a list of layer(s) or layer:datatype(s) to extract
+ If not used (by default), all the layers present in the .dbload file will be
  extracted as-is
+ If the :datatype is omitted for a layer, all datatypes for that layer are
  extracted
+ E.g : -layers:1,2:10,3,4:20 will extract all datatypes for 1 and 3 and only 
  datatypes 10 and 20 for layers 2 and 4 respectively
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-cell:<CELL-NAME>
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+ Specify the name of an existing cell to be extracted as the top cell in the
  output file
+ If not used (by default), the deepest top cell is extracted as the top cell in
  the output
+ The name of the output top cell is same as the .dbload file
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-notext
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+ If specified, no text elements are extracted. By default, any text if present
  is extracted as-is
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-loadfrmdisk
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+ If specified, the actual data in the .dbload file is accessed from the disk
  during database traversal and other operations
+ If not used (by default), the .dbload file is loaded into memory
+ Loading to memory improves execution speed at the cost of increased memory 
  footprint. This option should be used when the .dbload file is significantly
  large relative to the available memory for the program
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-log:<LOG-FILE> -OR-
-log+:<LOG-FILE>
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+ Create an execution log at the specified path (including file name). The
  directory component of the path must exist with suitable write permissions
+ By default, no log is created
+ If -log+ is used, an exisiting file at that path will be appended. With -log,
  an exisiting file will be overwritten
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-silent
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+ If used, no messages are written to stdout/stderr
+ If not used (by default), the execution log is written to stdout and error/
  warning messages are written to stderr
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VERSION HISTORY
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v1.6.4 (2018-6-26)
+ compatible with QisMLib 3.20 (breaking change)

v1.6.3 (2018-6-13)
+ Fixed a minor memory leak

v1.6.2 (2018-2-23)
+ Enables QisMLib system wide logging (QISM_ARG_LOGFP)
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