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MBK_OUT_FILTER(1) MBK ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES MBK_OUT_FILTER(1)

MBK_OUT_FILTER - define the input filter

See the file buster/alliance/alc_origin.1.en.gz.

MBK_OUT_FILTER sets the output filter for writting compressed Alliance files. Filter is typically a string containing filename and options. This filter must read non compressed data flow on it standard input and write compressed data flow on it standard output. If a non compressed version of a file exist in the same target directory the designer want the save a file's compressed version, to ensure that file will be read later and not the non compressed one, the non compressed file is DELETED. To activate filters, variable MBK_FILTER_SFX must be set.

Writing compressed files with gzip :
	setenv MBK_OUT_FILTER "/asim/gnu/bin/gzip -c"
	setenv MBK_FILTER_SFX ".gz"

mbk(3), MBK_FILTER_SFX(1), MBK_IN_FILTER(1), mbkenv(1).

See the file buster/alliance/alc_bug_report.1.en.gz.

October 1, 1999 ASIM/LIP6