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SHMIDCAT(1)		    Shared Memory Trampoline		     SHMIDCAT(1)

NAME
     shmidcat - Copies stdin/file to a shared memory block for gtkwave(1)

SYNTAX
     shmidcat [VCDFILE]

DESCRIPTION
     Copies  either  the file specified at the command line or stdin (if no file
     specified) line by line to a shared memory block.	stdout	will  contain  a
     shared memory ID which should be passed on to gtkwave(1).

EXAMPLES
     To run this program the standard way type:

     cat whatever.vcd | shmidcat
	    The shared memory ID is emitted to stdout.

     shmidcat whatever.vcd | gtkwave -v -I whatever.sav
	    GTKWave directly grabs the ID from stdin.

LIMITATIONS
     This  program  is	mainly	for illustrative and testing purposes only.  Its
     primary use is for people who wish to write  interactive  VCD  dumpers  for
     gtkwave(1)   as   its   source  code  may	be  examined,  particularly  the
     emit_string() function.  It can also be used to test  if  an  existing  VCD
     file will load properly in interactive mode.  Note that it can also be used
     to redirect VCD files which are written into a pipe to gtkwave(1) in a non-
     blocking fashion.

AUTHORS
     Anthony Bybell <bybell@rocketmail.com>

SEE ALSO
     gtkwave(1)

Anthony Bybell			      3.0.8			     SHMIDCAT(1)

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