Paths

Passing paths to files

As described in the monitor section in most cases paths in Monitor starts with the special @ sign.

Path configuration

When interpreting a path, Renode looks in several places based on the configured internal path. By default:

• it first checks in the Renode root directory,

• if the file was not found in the root directory, it checks the current working directory.

You can check and modify the path configuration using the path command in Monitor.

Type help path in Monitor to see details:

(monitor) help path
path
allows modification of internal 'PATH' variable.

Current 'PATH' value is: /home/antmicro/renode;/home/antmicro
Default 'PATH' value is: /home/antmicro/renode

You can use following commands:
'path set @path'        to set 'PATH' to the given value
'path add @path'        to append the given value to 'PATH'
'path reset'            to reset 'PATH' to it's default value

Relative paths

If you want to express path that is relative to the currently executed Renode script (.resc) you can use the $ORIGIN variable:

include $ORIGIN/my_subscript.resc

An example of usage can be found in the fomu script.

Note

There is no @ at the beginning of the $ORIGIN-based path.

Note

The $ORIGIN variable is only available inside a script - it won’t work interactively in Monitor.

In Monitor you can use a special $CWD variable to provide path that is relative to the current working directory:

(machine-0) include $CWD/my_script.resc

Note

There is no @ at the beginning of the $CWD-based path.

Paths in Robot files

In the Robot file you can also use another variable: ${CURDIR}.

Note

${CURDIR} is handled and resolved on the Robot Framework level and has nothing to do with Renode.

Paths starting with ${CURDIR} are relative to the Robot file location.

An example of usage can be found in the LSM9DS1 test.

Note

A ${CURDIR}-based path needs to be prepended with @. Since it is resolved at the Robot Framework level, for Renode it looks like a any other path provided by a user.