Command

cicsim --no-color archive --help

Usage: cicsim archive [OPTIONS] NAME [RUNFILES]...

  Save a cicisim run output

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Description

archive saves simulation results to a timestamped directory for safekeeping. This is useful when you want to preserve a set of results before re-running simulations, or for record keeping.

Usage

cicsim archive NAME RUNFILES...

Where:

  • NAME is a descriptive label for the archive (spaces are replaced with underscores)
  • RUNFILES are one or more .run files produced by the run command

Example

Save the typical and Monte-Carlo results:

cicsim archive "Tapeout v1" tran_Sch_typical.run tran_Sch_mc.run

This creates a directory like:

archive/2025-03-08_14-30_Tapeout_v1/

All output files referenced by the run files (.yaml, .raw, .log, etc.) are copied into the archive directory, along with updated run files that point to the archived copies.

When to archive

  • Before re-running simulations with updated parameters
  • After a successful tapeout milestone
  • When sharing results with colleagues