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allenhuffman
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| [Semi-SOLVED] Building IDE-created project via Command Line |
 Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:25 am |
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I want to start automating our builds. I am looking for references on using the command line compiler.
I tried changing into the directory of one of our projects and doing:
| Quote: | | ccsc OurProject.ccspjt |
But that reported it was unable to find a file.
Also, it seemed to just pop up the GUI component. Ideally, I'd like to see text output so we could capture that and know where a build failed. Ultimately, I'd want to move us to using something like Jenkins to perform automatic builds on check ins.
The reason I'd like to use the project file is so we don't end up getting out-of-sync. Developers would be working from the IDE, and if they make a change or add a file there, I don't want to have to be manually editing build scripts to keep them updated.
Can someone point me to some tips? Thanks!
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:20 am |
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Is it even possible to do a multi-unit compile from the command line?
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:38 am |
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"Multiple Compilation Units" shows the option I was looking for:
| Quote: | | ccsc BUILD=Project.ccspjt |
But it doesn't seem to actually build an IDE-created project file. They list how to make .c file which includes other files, and a linker batch file, and a build batch file. I see how it should work manually, but I'd like to keep things in sync with the IDE project to make sure what developers are building and self-testing matches what a build server can build for testing.
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
http://www.whywouldyouwanttodothat.com ?
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PCM programmer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:57 am |
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Go to the CCS examples folder. There is a file there called mcu.zip.
Unzip it into a "mcu" folder.
It contains a pdf file called "Using Multiple Compilation Units Guide".
It talks about using batch files. This may help you. |
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:32 am |
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I'll take a look. So far, the documentation has been a bit lacking. The help file shows examples of this and says:
| Quote: | | Use the EXPORT option to include the necessary *.c files. |
+EXPORT, as mentioned there and shown in the screen shots, is not listed in the Command Line Options page.
Whac-A-Mole continues 
Being able to just "build and run this .pjt file" would suffice, but that doesn't seem to work for me.
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:42 pm |
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I have a nice batch file that automates this (I'll share it once I get linking working). The final link step doesn't work for me, even if I do it manually.
| Code: | ccsc out="Debug" +EXPORT File1.c
ccsc out="Debug" +EXPORT File2.c
ccsc out="Debug" +EXPORT File3.c
cd Debug
ccsc LINK="MyProject.hex=File1.o,File2.o,File3.o"
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We put our output files in a subdirectory, and I've tried relative (Debug\File1.o) as well as changing into the directory where all the .o files are (verified they are there). No hex file is produced and no error is shown.
This matches the example in the help file except for an option that errors out if I use it (for the compile steps, but it makes the .o without it).
What is missing from the examples that I need to add?
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
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PCM programmer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:52 pm |
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| How about sending an email to CCS support and point them to this thread ? |
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:58 pm |
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| PCM programmer wrote: | | How about sending an email to CCS support and point them to this thread ? |
Yes indeed. I have an e-mail thread with them. I'm about to send them the follow-up with a few more things I've noticed. For example:
LINK="output.hex=File1.o,File2.o,File3.o,"
Above will silently fail -- it can't find the final file (see the extra comma?). Likewise is a bad filename is on the list.
The good news is that the .hex file I have manually produced now matches the one from the IDE. I'll share my batch script in a moment.
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
http://www.whywouldyouwanttodothat.com ?
Using: 24FJ256GA106, 24EP256GP202 and 24FJ64GA002. |
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:07 pm |
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Here is a windows Batch file that will compile a list of .c files and link them into a .hex file. You edit:
1) The list of .c files to compile.
2) The root name of the output .hex file ("foo" would generate "foo.hex")
3) An output directory (such as "Debug" or whatever). It probably needs to exist before you run this.
I have a bit more cleanup to do, but this work-in-progress version works, at least for me.
| Code: | @ECHO OFF
REM
REM .c files used in the project.
REM
SET FILES=File1.c File2.c File3.c File4.c
REM
REM Root name of final output hex file.
REM
SET ONAME=MyProject
REM
REM Output directory for temporary and final .hex file.
REM
SET ODIR=Debug
REM
REM Nothing else should need to be modified...
REM
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
SET OFILES=
REM
REM Compile/export each .c file into a .o
REM Build an OFILES variable with all the "file.o" listed together (for linking).
REM
FOR %%F IN (%FILES%) DO (
ECHO Building %%F... ^(%%~nF.o^)
SET OFILES=!OFILES!%%~nF.o,
ccsc out="%ODIR%" +EXPORT %%F
)
REM
REM Remove trailing comma in the .o list ("File1.o,File2.o,").
REM
SET OFILES=%OFILES:~0,-1%
REM
REM Link the .o together.
REM
echo Linking...
PUSHD %ODIR%
ccsc LINK="%ONAME%.hex=%OFILES%"
POPD
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
http://www.whywouldyouwanttodothat.com ?
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allenhuffman
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| Updates: the "out" option has the issue |
| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:39 am |
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It seems that using...
| Code: | | ccsc BUILD=project.ccspjt |
...works just find if you run it in the directory with the sources. It generates all the intermediate files and output file(s) there, making quite the mess.
There is an example in the help file that lists...
...and that option is recognized, but it fails to build.
My temporary workaround was to do something like...
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MKDIR TEMP
DEL TEMP\*.*
COPY *.* TEMP
PUSHD TEMP
CCSC BUILD=project.ccspjt
POPD
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That batch script would make a temporary location for the files, copy them all there, temporarily move into that directory (push directory) and do the build, then return (pop directory) to where it started.
That works great, and is significantly faster doing the build than my file-by-file batch file.
We found an issue where the command line version would work, but would generate a different version of the file (based on linker order, maybe?) than the IDE was, and decided we wanted the automated build to be 100% matching the IDE developer versions, to ensure we were getting the same results.
More to come...
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Allen C. Huffman, Sub-Etha Software (est. 1990) http://www.subethasoftware.com
Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
http://www.whywouldyouwanttodothat.com ?
Using: 24FJ256GA106, 24EP256GP202 and 24FJ64GA002.
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:32 am |
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Another note … passing in defines using #LABEL=value does not seem to work when calling the project from the command line.
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
http://www.whywouldyouwanttodothat.com ?
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Ttelmah
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:05 pm |
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I think you could do that by injecting a line. So:
SOURCELINE="#DEFINE VAL=xxxx"
Honestly, if you have a .def file created used by the IDE, just #include
this |
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:58 pm |
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| Ttelmah wrote: | I think you could do that by injecting a line. So:
SOURCELINE="#DEFINE VAL=xxxx"
Honestly, if you have a .def file created used by the IDE, just #include
this |
There is a hard-coded define in the source that builds to a specific origin address. We do two builds and alternate when updating flash, for disaster recovery.
I have just done a test and I can confirm that #VAL=label does appear to be honored when running a project file. Which means there is a different problem to track down.
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Allen C. Huffman, Sub-Etha Software (est. 1990) http://www.subethasoftware.com
Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
http://www.whywouldyouwanttodothat.com ?
Using: 24FJ256GA106, 24EP256GP202 and 24FJ64GA002. |
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allenhuffman
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:01 am |
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As a work-around for the "out=" not working, we just made a tempory subfolder, copied files into it, then did the build there and copied the resulting .hex file we needed to our distribution directory.
I will include SNIPPETS of what I did, for reference. We do many other things (parsing a file to get an internal hard-coded version date and build letter, for example).
| Code: | @ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL
REM
REM Build CCS project.
REM
REM 2019-09-10 1.00 ach - Created.
REM
rem SET PROJECT=ControlInterface_main
SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
REM - set to the base name of the project file.
set PROJECT=ProjectName
if "%PROJECT%"=="" (
echo PROJECT must be set.
GOTO :EOF
)
REM
REM To workaround a CCSC.EXE bug, we want to copy all the source files into a
REM temporary sub-directory and then build from there.
REM
MKDIR TEMP
DEL TEMP\*.*
COPY *.c TEMP
copy *.h TEMP
copy *.ccspjt TEMP
PUSHD TEMP
REM
REM Build the project.
REM
ECHO Building %PROJECT%...
DEL *.o
DEL *.osym
CCSC BUILD=%PROJECT%.ccspjt
REM -- then we copy the .hex file to where we want it.
POPD
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We have one master "build" batch file than produces A and B versions (different ORG memory address) of six different projects. Each is named with an internal version and build letter, then they are copied to a distribution folder that uses the build letter in a directory name. So there's a ton more of this batch file not included here, since it's specific to our use.
But with this, running on batch file performs steps that would have tied up the human for 15-30 minutes doing manually each time.
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Embedded C, Arduino, MSP430, ESP8266/32, BASIC Stamp and PIC24 programmer.
http://www.whywouldyouwanttodothat.com ?
Using: 24FJ256GA106, 24EP256GP202 and 24FJ64GA002. |
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