Re: [Ngspice-users] SPICE_ASCIIWRITE is ignored

[Robert L. <Rob...@t-...>]

Tim Kranich <tim...@gm...> writes:

> Hi anybody,
>
> I want to start using ngspice but I'm facing a problem when I try to  
> export my simulation data. I start ngspice (version 22) in batch mode  
> and like to have a rawdata file with ASCI numbers as output for  
> further processing.
>
> What I tried:
> - set an environment variable 'SPICE_ASCIIWRITE=1'
> - run 'ngspice -b output.net -r rawdata.dat'
>
> Unfortunately the rawdata file includes the results in a binary  
> format. Is there another way to the the ASCII property or does anyone  
> knows what I am missing here?
>
> Best Regards,
> Tim

Hello Tim,

  I think the environment variable is called
    SPICE_ASCIIRAWFILE
  and not
    SPICE_ASCIIWRITE

  If you are using the .control .. .endc section,
    or if you are issuing commands at the ngspice prompt
  then
    set filetype=ascii
  is another way to control the file format

  And, of course, you could set this variable in the
    spinit
  file as well.

Best Regards,
Robert