Altera Quartus II Scripting - Manual (Page 341)

Chapter 3: Tcl Packages & Commands 3–211
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get_name_info
Usage
get_name_info [-get_synonyms] [-info
<parent_name_id|base_name|entity_name|instance_name|full_path|short_full_path|node_typ
e|creator|signaltapii|file_location|library|children|parameters>] [-observable_type
<all|pre_synthesis|post_synthesis|post_fitter|post_asm|stp_pre_synthesis>]
[-use_cached_database] <name_id>
Options
-get_synonyms: Option to get a Tcl list of synonym name ids.
-info
<parent_name_id|base_name|entity_name|instance_name|full_path|short_full_path|node_typ
e|creator|signaltapii|file_location|library|children|parameters>: Option to specify the
type of information to display.
-observable_type
<all|pre_synthesis|post_synthesis|post_fitter|post_asm|stp_pre_synthesis>: Option to
specify the observable type of the name ID
-use_cached_database: Option not to check the compilation database for updates. Use
this option only if you do not compile the project after getting the name IDs from
"get_names" command. If you compile the project, you must re-run "get_names" command
again to refresh the cached database information before using this option.
<name_id>: Option to specify the node name ID
Description
Displays the specified type of information for the specified node name id. Type "get_names -long_help" to
view how to get a collection of node name IDs.
If the "-observable_type" option is not specified, the default value is "all". The specified observable type
must have the same observable type as specified in the "get_names" Tcl command which returned the
currently specified node name id.
The value for "-observable_type" option can be one of the following:
The info type for the "-info" option can be one of the following:
Observable Type Description
all Use post-Fitter information. If it is not available, post-synthesis information is used.
Otherwise, pre-synthesis information is used if it exists.
pre_synthesis Use pre-synthesis information.
post_synthesis Use post-synthesis information.
post_fitter Use post-Fitter information.
post_asm Use post-Assembler information. The post-Assembler information is only supported for
designs using the HardCopy II device family.
stp_pre_synthesis Use SignalTap II pre-synthesis information.