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GDS2DBLOAD COMMAND-LINE
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gds2dbload +gds:<GDSII-INPUT> +outdir:<OUTPUT-DIR> [OPTIONS]

REQUIRED :-

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+gds:<GDSII-INPUT>
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+ Specify the path of a valid GDSII file to be used as a source for the .dbload
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+outdir:<OUTPUT-DIR>
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+ Specify the path of an exisiting directory with write permissions where the
  .scan.l64 and .dbload.l64 files will be created
+ The output file name format is <GDSII-FILE-NAME>.scan.l64 and 
  <GDSII-FILE-NAME>.dbload.l64. E.g a GDSII file demo.gds will be converted as
  demo.gds.scan.l64 and demo.gds.dbload.l64
+ These .l64 file names should not be modified and should be present in the same
  directory at all times
+ The version of the .dbload file is same as the major.minor version of
  gds2dbload. E.g gds2dbload v1.6.xx will create .dbload.l64 v1.06
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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 GDSII 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. Data on all other layers 
  and datatypes will be dropped
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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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-igntxtscale
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+ If specified, text scale information will not be used to compute cell
  extents. Any cell containing only TEXT will have zero extents and therefore
  it will be considered empty
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-loademptyrefs
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+ If specified, empty cells (cells with zero extents) are loaded 
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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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